Short Answer

The simplest is to update to Node.js v14:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

If you having problems installing try sudo apt-get purge nodejs, see details.

Long Answer

You could update to newer Node.js-versions, see:
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#readme
however according to a comment on github, jumping to the newest version, might lead to breaking changes. (I don't notice any.)

Thanks to a comment from @SaidbakR below : To see which version is compatible check the following table:

| NodeJS  | `npm --version` |

|---------|-----------------|

| Node 18 | 8.0+            |

| Node 16 | 6.0+            |

| Node 14 | 4.14+           |

| Node 12 | 4.12+, <8.0     |

| Node 10 | 4.9+, <6.0      |

I skipped the uneven numbers, because they don't have a long-term-support.

If you would like to update to e.g. Node.js 18, edit the number from the code above:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -

if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then

 sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

fi

This answer is based on (How to update node.js) as well on (compatible node.js and npm-Versions)