diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 70d8557b..5b03e9b0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
- yarnpkg | nodejs (>= 12.19.0~),
- yarnpkg | yarn,
+ nodejs (>= 18),
+ python3,
+ yarnpkg,
 
 Package: ngcp-csc-ui
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
+ nodejs (>= 18),
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
 Description: Customer Self-Care Web UI
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d095225a..dadec24b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 # export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+export NODE_PATH=/usr/lib/nodejs:/usr/share/nodejs
+
+# webpack 4.x compatibility, remove it when @quasar/app is upgraded and it uses webpack 5.x
+export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider
+
 # if yarnpkg is available use it, otherwise fall back to yarn
 YARN_BIN := $(shell which yarnpkg || echo yarn)