You should only use LTS version for stable use, both for development and production.
Updated 20/04/2023, latest version of Node: v18.16.0
Do not use node without version control tool like nvm or n
nvm install node
npm i -g npm@latest
List all version: nvm ls-remote
Install latest LTS version (20/04/2023): nvm install 18.17.0
nvm use 18.16.0
nvm alias default 18.16.0
nvm uninstall v18.11.0
npm config get prefix