diff --git a/.github/workflows/ove_cypress.yml_old b/.github/workflows/ove_cypress.yml_old
deleted file mode 100644
index 54d497a7..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ove_cypress.yml_old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: Cypress tests
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "packages/ove/**"
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "packages/ove/**"
-jobs:
-  cypress-run:
-    name: Cypress run
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # the actual items in the array do not matter,
-        # just the number - to force CI to sping 3 copies
-        # of the current job in parallel
-        machines: [1, 2, 3]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 16
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          # We need to fetch all branches and commits so that Nx affected has a base to compare against.
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
-        with:
-          # just perform install
-          runTests: false
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
-        env:
-          WITH_COVERAGE: true
-          # pass the Dashboard record key as an environment variable
-          CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: 1ced39be-1a3a-4fd8-b2d5-a88951d9b766
-          # GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          record: true
-          parallel: true
-          start: yarn vite --port 3344
-          wait-on: http://localhost:3344
-          # we have already installed all dependencies above
-          install: false
-          working-directory: packages/ove
diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
index 52e5e481..0e68620b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui_cypress.yml_old b/.github/workflows/ui_cypress.yml_old
deleted file mode 100644
index 444b84ff..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ui_cypress.yml_old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: Cypress tests
-on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - "packages/ui/**"
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - "packages/ui/**"
-jobs:
-  cypress-run:
-    name: Cypress run
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # the actual items in the array do not matter,
-        # just the number - to force CI to sping 3 copies
-        # of the current job in parallel
-        machines: [1, 2, 3]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 16
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          # We need to fetch all branches and commits so that Nx affected has a base to compare against.
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
-        with:
-          # just perform install
-          runTests: false
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
-        env:
-          WITH_COVERAGE: true
-          # pass the Dashboard record key as an environment variable
-          CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: 1ced39be-1a3a-4fd8-b2d5-a88951d9b766
-          # GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          record: true
-          parallel: true
-          start: yarn vite --port 4200
-          wait-on: http://localhost:4200
-          # we have already installed all dependencies above
-          install: false
-          working-directory: packages/ui
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_gh_pages.yml b/.github/workflows/update_gh_pages.yml
index 194c21be..240b8ba8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_gh_pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_gh_pages.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
       - name: Check version changes
         uses: EndBug/version-check@v2 # You can choose the version/branch you prefer.
         id: check