The Node Version Manager allows for the installation and use of different versions of node and npm.

nvm install v18.20.4

Downloading and installing node v18.20.4...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v18.20.4/node-v18.20.4-darwin-x64.tar.xz...
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Computing checksum with shasum -a 256
Checksums matched!
Now using node v18.20.4 (npm v10.7.0)

nvm use v18.20.4

Now using node v18.20.4 (npm v10.7.0)

npm -v

10.7.0

node -v # v18.20.4