diff --git a/build/dockerfiles/linux-libc.Dockerfile b/build/dockerfiles/linux-libc.Dockerfile
index fbe7014c96f..1c8e216b2e6 100644
--- a/build/dockerfiles/linux-libc.Dockerfile
+++ b/build/dockerfiles/linux-libc.Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 # https://registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/nodejs-18
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/nodejs-18:1-71 as linux-libc-builder
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/nodejs-18:1-81 as linux-libc-builder
 
 USER root
 
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ RUN { if [[ $(uname -m) == "s390x" ]]; then LIBSECRET="\
     fi; } \
     && yum install -y $LIBSECRET $LIBKEYBOARD curl make cmake gcc gcc-c++ python3.9 git git-core-doc openssh less libX11-devel libxkbcommon bash tar gzip rsync patch \
     && yum -y clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/yum \
-    && npm install -g yarn@1.22.17
+    && npm install -g yarn@1.22.17 \
+    && npm install -g node-gyp@9.4.1
 
 #########################################################
 #
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd5212744bd..7c7a66bd6d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,5 +10,13 @@
     "build:min": "cd code && yarn gulp vscode-reh-web-linux-x64-min",
     "rebuild-native-modules": "cd code && npm rebuild"
   },
-  "license": "EPL-2.0"
+  "license": "EPL-2.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "node-gyp": "^9.4.1"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 18.18.2",
+    "npm": ">= 9.8.1",
+    "yarn": ">= 1.22.19"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fb57ccd13af..f1ceb5c6949 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,3 +2,20 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
+node-gyp@9.4.1:
+  version "9.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-9.4.1.tgz#8a1023e0d6766ecb52764cc3a734b36ff275e185"
+  integrity sha512-OQkWKbjQKbGkMf/xqI1jjy3oCTgMKJac58G2+bjZb3fza6gW2YrCSdMQYaoTb70crvE//Gngr4f0AgVHmqHvBQ==
+  dependencies:
+    env-paths "^2.2.0"
+    exponential-backoff "^3.1.1"
+    glob "^7.1.4"
+    graceful-fs "^4.2.6"
+    make-fetch-happen "^10.0.3"
+    nopt "^6.0.0"
+    npmlog "^6.0.0"
+    rimraf "^3.0.2"
+    semver "^7.3.5"
+    tar "^6.1.2"
+    which "^2.0.2"
+