diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 486b5ef79d..d4800a9aaa 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## v.NEXT
 
+* Node has been upgraded to version 4.8.3.
+
 * Running `meteor add dynamic-import` installs support for ECMAScript
   [dynamic `import(...)`](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-dynamic-import),
   a new language feature which allows for asynchronous module fetching
diff --git a/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh b/scripts/build-dev-bundle-common.sh
index 5e5b8062f7..da0f8253f9 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=3.2.12
-NODE_VERSION=4.8.2
+NODE_VERSION=4.8.3
 NPM_VERSION=4.5.0
 
 if [ "$UNAME" == "Linux" ] ; then