diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3bd5f36b7..46814c9f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
       CC: ${{ format('{0}-gcc', matrix.prefix) }}
       CXX: ${{ format('{0}-g++', matrix.prefix) }}
       LINK: ${{ format('{0}-g++', matrix.prefix) }}
-      NPM_CONFIG_ARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      npm_config_arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
       NODE_VERSION: v18.15.0
 
     steps:
@@ -150,15 +150,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Decompress npm package
         run: tar -xzf package.tar.gz
 
-      # NOTE@jsjoeio - npm fails here
-      # so use yarn
       - name: Build standalone release
-        run: yarn release:standalone
+        run: npm run release:standalone
 
       - name: Replace node with cross-compile equivalent
         run: |
-          wget https://nodejs.org/dist/${NODE_VERSION}/node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH}.tar.xz
-          tar -xf node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH}.tar.xz node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH}/bin/node --strip-components=2
+          wget https://nodejs.org/dist/${NODE_VERSION}/node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${npm_config_arch}.tar.xz
+          tar -xf node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${npm_config_arch}.tar.xz node-${NODE_VERSION}-linux-${npm_config_arch}/bin/node --strip-components=2
           mv ./node ./release-standalone/lib/node
 
       # NOTE@jsjoeio - we do this so we can strip out the v
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build packages with nfpm
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-        run: yarn package ${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH}
+        run: yarn package ${npm_config_arch}
 
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
index b6a7d89c6..3c032078a 100644
--- a/.node-version
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
diff --git a/ci/build/build-release.sh b/ci/build/build-release.sh
index 576b084ae..ec5b3f442 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-release.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ bundle_code_server() {
   }
 EOF
   ) > "$RELEASE_PATH/package.json"
-  rsync yarn.lock "$RELEASE_PATH"
   mv npm-shrinkwrap.json "$RELEASE_PATH"
 
   rsync ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/postinstall.sh"
@@ -95,12 +94,10 @@ bundle_vscode() {
     "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/remote/package.json" \
     "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/package.json" > "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/package.json"
 
-  rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/remote/yarn.lock" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/yarn.lock"
   mv "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/remote/npm-shrinkwrap.json" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/npm-shrinkwrap.json"
 
   # Include global extension dependencies as well.
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/package.json" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/package.json"
-  rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/yarn.lock" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/yarn.lock"
   mv "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/npm-shrinkwrap.json" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/npm-shrinkwrap.json"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/postinstall.mjs" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/postinstall.mjs"
 }
diff --git a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index 8ae02de3b..c06b19653 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# This is due to an upstream issue with RHEL7/CentOS 7 comptability with node-argon2
-# See: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/pull/3422#pullrequestreview-677765057
-export npm_config_build_from_source=true
-
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
 
diff --git a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
index 028c1bad6..0dac63b3e 100755
--- a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
+++ b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ symlink_bin_script() {
 
 OS="$(os)"
 
-# This is due to an upstream issue with RHEL7/CentOS 7 comptability with node-argon2
-# See: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/pull/3422#pullrequestreview-677765057
-export npm_config_build_from_source=true
-
 main() {
   # Grabs the major version of node from $npm_config_user_agent which looks like
   # yarn/1.21.1 npm/? node/v14.2.0 darwin x64
diff --git a/patches/dependencies.diff b/patches/dependencies.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..815633543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dependencies.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+Modify VS Code dependencies
+
+1. Kerberos: this is not building in our cross-compile step.  It does not look
+   like something code-server uses right now anyway.
+
+Index: code-server/lib/vscode/remote/package.json
+===================================================================
+--- code-server.orig/lib/vscode/remote/package.json
++++ code-server/lib/vscode/remote/package.json
+@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
+     "http-proxy-agent": "^2.1.0",
+     "https-proxy-agent": "^2.2.3",
+     "jschardet": "3.0.0",
+-    "kerberos": "^2.0.1",
+     "keytar": "7.9.0",
+     "minimist": "^1.2.6",
+     "native-watchdog": "^1.4.1",
+Index: code-server/lib/vscode/remote/yarn.lock
+===================================================================
+--- code-server.orig/lib/vscode/remote/yarn.lock
++++ code-server/lib/vscode/remote/yarn.lock
+@@ -454,15 +454,6 @@ jschardet@3.0.0:
+   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jschardet/-/jschardet-3.0.0.tgz#898d2332e45ebabbdb6bf2feece9feea9a99e882"
+   integrity sha512-lJH6tJ77V8Nzd5QWRkFYCLc13a3vADkh3r/Fi8HupZGWk2OVVDfnZP8V/VgQgZ+lzW0kG2UGb5hFgt3V3ndotQ==
+ 
+-kerberos@^2.0.1:
+-  version "2.0.1"
+-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/kerberos/-/kerberos-2.0.1.tgz#663b0b46883b4da84495f60f2e9e399a43a33ef5"
+-  integrity sha512-O/jIgbdGK566eUhFwIcgalbqirYU/r76MW7/UFw06Fd9x5bSwgyZWL/Vm26aAmezQww/G9KYkmmJBkEkPk5HLw==
+-  dependencies:
+-    bindings "^1.5.0"
+-    node-addon-api "^4.3.0"
+-    prebuild-install "7.1.1"
+-
+ keytar@7.9.0:
+   version "7.9.0"
+   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/keytar/-/keytar-7.9.0.tgz#4c6225708f51b50cbf77c5aae81721964c2918cb"
+@@ -604,24 +595,6 @@ picomatch@^2.3.1:
+   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz#3ba3833733646d9d3e4995946c1365a67fb07a42"
+   integrity sha512-JU3teHTNjmE2VCGFzuY8EXzCDVwEqB2a8fsIvwaStHhAWJEeVd1o1QD80CU6+ZdEXXSLbSsuLwJjkCBWqRQUVA==
+ 
+-prebuild-install@7.1.1:
+-  version "7.1.1"
+-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prebuild-install/-/prebuild-install-7.1.1.tgz#de97d5b34a70a0c81334fd24641f2a1702352e45"
+-  integrity sha512-jAXscXWMcCK8GgCoHOfIr0ODh5ai8mj63L2nWrjuAgXE6tDyYGnx4/8o/rCgU+B4JSyZBKbeZqzhtwtC3ovxjw==
+-  dependencies:
+-    detect-libc "^2.0.0"
+-    expand-template "^2.0.3"
+-    github-from-package "0.0.0"
+-    minimist "^1.2.3"
+-    mkdirp-classic "^0.5.3"
+-    napi-build-utils "^1.0.1"
+-    node-abi "^3.3.0"
+-    pump "^3.0.0"
+-    rc "^1.2.7"
+-    simple-get "^4.0.0"
+-    tar-fs "^2.0.0"
+-    tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
+-
+ prebuild-install@^7.0.1:
+   version "7.0.1"
+   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prebuild-install/-/prebuild-install-7.0.1.tgz#c10075727c318efe72412f333e0ef625beaf3870"
diff --git a/patches/series b/patches/series
index dba2e20a3..195f702d4 100644
--- a/patches/series
+++ b/patches/series
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ display-language.diff
 cli-window-open.diff
 getting-started.diff
 safari.diff
+dependencies.diff