THRIFT-4064: update node dependencies
This closes #1359
diff --git a/build/docker/README.md b/build/docker/README.md
index eda8279..f6db3c2 100644
--- a/build/docker/README.md
+++ b/build/docker/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
| java | 1.8.0_141 | 1.8.0_141 | 1.8.0_131 |
| js | | | |
| lua | 5.3.4 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.4 |
- | nodejs | 6.11.1 | 8.4.0 | 8.4.0 |
+ | nodejs | 6.11.1 | 8.4.0 | 7.10.1 |
| ocaml | 4.01.0 | 4.02.3 | 4.02.3 |
| perl | 5.16.3 | 5.24.1 | 5.22.1 |
| php | 5.4.16 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.22 |
diff --git a/build/docker/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile b/build/docker/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
index 61ba5ff..54a7068 100644
--- a/build/docker/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
# echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list
# node.js (this step runs apt-get update internally)
-RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash
+# note: node 8.5 introduced some issues with directory handling / jsdoc / something... using 7.x for now
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | bash
### install general dependencies