diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18e73b632b..b631634479 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ There are some additional urls below to access specific parts of the system.
 ### Local workflow
 
 #### Prerequisites
-- The SvelteKit UI requires: node v20+
+- The SvelteKit UI requires: node v26+
 - The .NET API requires: dotnet sdk v8+
 
 #### Running the project
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 00278ba3bf..879eacd8be 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 # TODO: can't use vanilla alpine version since python is needed for gql-codegen stuff.
-FROM node:20 AS builder-base
+FROM node:26 AS builder-base
 WORKDIR /app
-# Version of corepack distributed with node currently (2025-02-04) has a bug that prevents PNPM installation; latest version has the bugfix
-RUN npm install -g corepack@latest
-RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.24.0 --activate
+RUN npm install -g pnpm@10.24.0
 
 FROM builder-base AS builder
 
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ ENV VITE_APP_VERSION=$APP_VERSION
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store pnpm run build
 
-FROM node:20-alpine
+FROM node:26-alpine
 # container would not receive SIGTERM from docker when shutting down so Docker would force kill
 # the container after 10s.  This will make shutdown faster because the SIGTERM will be handled appropriately.
 # https://maximorlov.com/process-signals-inside-docker-containers/
diff --git a/frontend/README.md b/frontend/README.md
index 5ff034b8cc..c466e1df72 100644
--- a/frontend/README.md
+++ b/frontend/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Requests come into a node app managed by Sveltekit for static, CSR, or SSR.  Dat
 
 ### Development
 
-Node needs to be installed locally. The `pnpm` package manager should be installed: if you don't already have it, run `corepack enable` and it will be set up.
+Node needs to be installed locally. The `pnpm` package manager should be installed: see [pnpm.io/installation](https://pnpm.io/installation).
 
 Once you've installed dependencies with `pnpm install`, start a development server:
 
diff --git a/frontend/Taskfile.yml b/frontend/Taskfile.yml
index 33755e84a2..63e0dfceb1 100644
--- a/frontend/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/frontend/Taskfile.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ tasks:
       - pnpm-lock.yaml
       - pnpm-workspace.yaml
     cmds:
-      - corepack enable || true
       - pnpm install
 
   fw-lite-infr:
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ tasks:
       - ../pnpm-lock.yaml
       - ../pnpm-workspace.yaml
     cmds:
-      - corepack enable || true
       - pnpm install
   run-https-proxy:
     dir: ./https-proxy
diff --git a/frontend/dev.Dockerfile b/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
index 7b4da867b9..068af31415 100644
--- a/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 # TODO: can't use vanilla alpine version since python is needed for gql-codegen stuff.
-FROM node:20 AS builder
+FROM node:26 AS builder
 
-# Version of corepack distributed with node currently (2025-02-04) has a bug that prevents PNPM installation; latest version has the bugfix
-RUN npm install -g corepack@latest
-RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.24.0 --activate
+RUN npm install -g pnpm@10.24.0
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml /app/
diff --git a/frontend/https-proxy/package.json b/frontend/https-proxy/package.json
index a248d99898..bdd61e143d 100644
--- a/frontend/https-proxy/package.json
+++ b/frontend/https-proxy/package.json
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.24.0",
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20",
-    "pnpm": ">=9"
-  },
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite"
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 797490dc55..502889951b 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   "private": true,
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.24.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20",
-    "pnpm": ">=9"
+    "node": ">=26",
+    "pnpm": ">=10"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite dev",
diff --git a/frontend/viewer/Taskfile.yml b/frontend/viewer/Taskfile.yml
index 6ecd37c244..e5cd4e39d8 100644
--- a/frontend/viewer/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/frontend/viewer/Taskfile.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ tasks:
       - ../pnpm-lock.yaml
       - ../pnpm-workspace.yaml
     cmds:
-      - corepack enable || true
       - pnpm install
   test:
     cmd: pnpm test
diff --git a/frontend/viewer/package.json b/frontend/viewer/package.json
index 6796f6bb1f..676b7f5c6c 100644
--- a/frontend/viewer/package.json
+++ b/frontend/viewer/package.json
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
   "name": "viewer",
   "private": true,
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.24.0",
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20",
-    "pnpm": ">=9"
-  },
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {