diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-node-modules.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-node-modules.yml
index d50a013d50a..dba6da3e70e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-node-modules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-node-modules.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 name: Cache node modules
 
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: '16'
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
 
 jobs:
   cacheNodeModules:   
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-continuous-integration.yml
index c9f062b1607..2044ac9fa45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-continuous-integration.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
     # empty as it is used only to manually trigger the workflow
   
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: '16'
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
   NX_BASE: origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
   NX_HEAD: origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-merge-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-merge-checks.yml
index 70ba22a5607..773ebe1b4a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-merge-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-merge-checks.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 env:
   CYPRESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_KEY }}
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-  NODE_VERSION: '16'
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
 
 concurrency: 
   group: ci-merge-checks-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b22cc1447d1..de47f5387ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CYPRESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_KEY }}
-  NODE_VERSION: '16'
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lighthouse.yml b/.github/workflows/lighthouse.yml
index 621d247b4cc..cc200ae2293 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lighthouse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lighthouse.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     # empty as it is used only to manually trigger the workflow
 env:
   CYPRESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_KEY }}
-  NODE_VERSION: '16'
+  NODE_VERSION: '18'
 
 concurrency: 
   group: lighthouse-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
diff --git a/ci-scripts/e2e-cypress.sh b/ci-scripts/e2e-cypress.sh
index 0af88a94591..8b2fd427c11 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/e2e-cypress.sh
+++ b/ci-scripts/e2e-cypress.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ fi
 echo '-----'
 echo "Building Spartacus libraries"
 
+export NODE_OPTIONS=--dns-result-order=ipv4first
+
 npm ci
 
 (cd projects/storefrontapp-e2e-cypress && npm ci)
diff --git a/ci-scripts/lhci.sh b/ci-scripts/lhci.sh
index a067632a482..172c3d1d43a 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/lhci.sh
+++ b/ci-scripts/lhci.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 export SPA_ENV='lighthouse'
+export NODE_OPTIONS=--dns-result-order=ipv4first
 
 npm install -g @lhci/cli@0.8.x
 
diff --git a/projects/schematics/src/dependencies.json b/projects/schematics/src/dependencies.json
index 1ea027a9d46..b563cc10f57 100644
--- a/projects/schematics/src/dependencies.json
+++ b/projects/schematics/src/dependencies.json
@@ -394,6 +394,6 @@
     "rxjs": "^6.6.0",
     "ts-loader": "^9.4.4",
     "tslib": "^2.6.2",
-    "zone.js": "~0.11.8"
+    "zone.js": "~0.12.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tools/config/const.ts b/tools/config/const.ts
index c923a002212..6ae750650b3 100644
--- a/tools/config/const.ts
+++ b/tools/config/const.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ export const SPARTACUS_SCOPE = '@spartacus';
 export const SAP_SCOPE = 'sap';
 export const SAPUI5_TYPES = '@sapui5/ts-types-esm';
 export const SPARTACUS_SCHEMATICS = `${SPARTACUS_SCOPE}/schematics`;
-export const PUBLISHING_VERSION = '6.3.0-1';
+export const PUBLISHING_VERSION = '';