diff --git a/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh b/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
index 325f6f4994..22d3382402 100644
--- a/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -u
 UNAME=$(uname)
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 MONGO_VERSION=3.2.6
-NODE_VERSION=4.4.7
+NODE_VERSION=4.5.0-rc.2
 NPM_VERSION=3.10.5
 
 if [ "$UNAME" == "Linux" ] ; then
diff --git a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1 b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
index 72d07cd59e..62a6b514f1 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
+++ b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.ps1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # use 32bit by default
 $PLATFORM = "windows_x86"
 $MONGO_VERSION = "3.2.6"
-$NODE_VERSION = "4.4.7"
+$NODE_VERSION = "4.5.0-rc.2"
 $NPM_VERSION = "3.10.5"
 $PYTHON_VERSION = "2.7.10" # For node-gyp
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ cd "$DIR\bin"
 
 # download node
 # same node on 32bit vs 64bit?
-$node_link = "http://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/win-x86/node.exe"
+$node_link = "http://nodejs.org/download/rc/v${NODE_VERSION}/win-x86/node.exe"
 $webclient.DownloadFile($node_link, "$DIR\bin\node.exe")
 
 # On Windows we provide a reliable version of python.exe for use by
diff --git a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
index 099a4a971d..b2c2d9f093 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ S3_HOST="s3.amazonaws.com/com.meteor.jenkins"
 
 # Update these values after building the dev-bundle-node Jenkins project.
 # Also make sure to update NODE_VERSION in generate-dev-bundle.ps1.
-NODE_URL="https://nodejs.org/dist/v${NODE_VERSION}/${NODE_TGZ}"
+NODE_URL="https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v${NODE_VERSION}/${NODE_TGZ}"
 echo "Downloading Node from ${NODE_URL}"
 curl "${NODE_URL}" | tar zx --strip-components 1