diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary.yaml b/.github/workflows/canary.yaml
index 982c68ecf5..9e0d1247cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ on:
       - CI
     types:
       - completed
-env:
-  NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT: 17
 jobs:
   publish-canary:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
           # 'registry-url' is required for 'npm publish'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8dac97235c..5f460956ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
-env:
-  NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT: 17
 jobs:
   save-github-event:
     name: "Save `github.event` as an artifact to use in subsequent 'workflow_run' actions"
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
           # We install bunch of packages during integration tests without locking them
           # so we skip cache action to not pollute cache for other jobs.
 
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -204,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -231,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -288,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
@@ -315,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           cache: npm
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT }}
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..703a257b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v17