Replace old jQuery in Wordpress with the latest version from node_modules

functions.php

$vendor_version         = '%jquery_version%';
$replace_jquery         = ! is_admin() && ! is_customize_preview();
$header_scripts_handler = 'vendor-header-scripts';
if ( $replace_jquery ) {
  wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' ); // Deregister WP core jQuery
  wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-core' ); // Deregister WP jQuery
  wp_deregister_script( 'jquery-migrate' ); // Deregister WP jQuery Migrate

  // Replace built-in jQuery with the latest version from node_modules
  $header_scripts_handler = 'jquery';
}

wp_enqueue_script( $header_scripts_handler, get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/scripts/vendor-header.js', array(), $vendor_version, false );

gulpfile.bable.js

'use strict';

import { dest, src } from 'gulp';
import fs from 'fs';

import concat from 'gulp-concat';
import gulpif from 'gulp-if';
import plumber from 'gulp-plumber';
import terser from 'gulp-terser';

// Setup your project paths, settings, etc:
const paths = { ... };

// Important header scripts
const headerJS = [
  `${paths.node}/jquery/dist/jquery.js`,
  // ...
  // ...
];

// Error handler
const onError = err => {
  log(`Error: ${err.toString()}`);
};

export const processHeaderScripts = () => {
  return src(headerJS)
    .pipe(plumber({ errorHandler: onError }))
    .pipe(concat('vendor-header.js'))
    .pipe(terser())
    .pipe(dest(paths.scripts.prod));
};

export const processThemeFiles = () => {
  const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./package.json'));
  const version = pkg.dependencies.jquery.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, '');
  return src(paths.theme.src)
    .pipe(gulpif('functions.php', replace('%jquery_version%', version)))
    .pipe(dest(paths.theme.prod));
};