diff --git a/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
index b4ea44d465dc3d5e12563084cf191360b551c10c..07dab021202dbbb59c9984bd1d7c8981515269a4 100644
--- a/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/npm_projects.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ include:
   - local: templates/base.gitlab-ci.yml
 
 variables:
-  # uses registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:3.1.62-2
-  EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG: "3.1.62-2@sha256:935b6f30b0d521971ac54a5c36af1856f810bc93c993d9dc5d663c1e03879ae8"
+  # uses registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:4.0.1-1
+  EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG: "4.0.1-1@sha256:2212741aa9c6647ece43a9ac222c677589f18b27cc8e39921636f125705155dd"
   EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.syncad.com/hive/common-ci-configuration/emsdk:$EMSCRIPTEN_IMAGE_TAG"
 
 .node_based_job_base: