diff --git a/deploy/docker/base.dockerfile b/deploy/docker/base.dockerfile
index 8549406ebc..5ea5ec4854 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/base.dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/base.dockerfile
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ LABEL maintainer="tech@appsmith.com"
 WORKDIR /opt/appsmith
 
 # The env variables are needed for Appsmith server to correctly handle non-roman scripts like Arabic.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 # Install dependency packages
 RUN set -o xtrace \
@@ -44,10 +44,21 @@ RUN set -o xtrace \
   | tar -xz -C /opt/java --strip-components 1
 
 # Install NodeJS
-RUN set -o xtrace \
-  && mkdir -p /opt/node \
-  && file="$(curl -sS 'https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/' | awk -F\" '$2 ~ /linux-'"$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/x64/; s/aarch64/arm64/')"'.tar.gz/ {print $2}')" \
-  && curl "https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/$file" | tar -xz -C /opt/node --strip-components 1
+RUN <<END
+  set -eo xtrace
+
+  mkdir -p /opt/node
+  arch="$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/x64/; s/aarch64/arm64/')"
+
+  curl -LOsS "https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/SHASUMS256.txt"
+  filename="$(awk '/linux-'"$arch"'.tar.gz/ {print $2}' SHASUMS256.txt)"
+
+  curl -LOsS "https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/$filename"
+  grep "$filename" SHASUMS256.txt | sha256sum -c -
+  tar -xzf "$filename" -C /opt/node --strip-components 1
+
+  rm "$filename" SHASUMS256.txt
+END
 
 # Install Caddy
 RUN set -o xtrace \