diff --git a/bitnami/node/12/debian-10/Dockerfile b/bitnami/node/12/debian-10/Dockerfile
index 3de78cd2738f..edd9cca78af1 100644
--- a/bitnami/node/12/debian-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/node/12/debian-10/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's/^PASS_MAX_DAYS.*/PASS_MAX_DAYS    90/' /etc/login.defs && \
     sed -i 's/sha512/sha512 minlen=8/' /etc/pam.d/common-password
 
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_NAME="node" \
-    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="12.22.1-debian-10-r17" \
+    BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION="12.22.1-debian-10-r18" \
     PATH="/opt/bitnami/node/bin:/opt/bitnami/python/bin:$PATH"
 
 EXPOSE 3000
diff --git a/bitnami/node/README.md b/bitnami/node/README.md
index 53bea53e8245..7133225beb7b 100644
--- a/bitnami/node/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/node/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling t
 * [`14-prod`, `14-prod-debian-10`, `14.16.1-prod`, `14.16.1-prod-debian-10-r18` (14-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/14.16.1-prod-debian-10-r18/14-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`14`, `14-debian-10`, `14.16.1`, `14.16.1-debian-10-r16`, `latest` (14/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/14.16.1-debian-10-r16/14/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`12-prod`, `12-prod-debian-10`, `12.22.1-prod`, `12.22.1-prod-debian-10-r17` (12-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/12.22.1-prod-debian-10-r17/12-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)
-* [`12`, `12-debian-10`, `12.22.1`, `12.22.1-debian-10-r17` (12/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/12.22.1-debian-10-r17/12/debian-10/Dockerfile)
+* [`12`, `12-debian-10`, `12.22.1`, `12.22.1-debian-10-r18` (12/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/12.22.1-debian-10-r18/12/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10-prod`, `10-prod-debian-10`, `10.24.1-prod`, `10.24.1-prod-debian-10-r17` (10-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/10.24.1-prod-debian-10-r17/10-prod/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 * [`10`, `10-debian-10`, `10.24.1`, `10.24.1-debian-10-r17` (10/debian-10/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/blob/10.24.1-debian-10-r17/10/debian-10/Dockerfile)
 
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ $ docker-compose up node
 
 - `/app` directory is no longer exported as a volume. This caused problems when building on top of the image, since changes in the volume are not persisted between Dockerfile `RUN` instructions. To keep the previous behavior (so that you can mount the volume in another container), create the container with the `-v /app` option.
 
+# Branch Deprecation Notice
+
+Node.js's 10 upstream branch will go End-of-Life at the end of April 2021 and has now been internally tagged as to be deprecated. This branch will no longer be released in our catalog a month after this notice is published, but already released container images will still persist in the registries. Valid to be removed starting on: 05-27-2021
+
 # Contributing
 
 We'd love for you to contribute to this Docker image. You can request new features by creating an [issue](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/issues), or submit a [pull request](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-node/pulls) with your contribution.