diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
index f69e43675..2b9438281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build/action.yaml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Build .vsix
       env:
-        NODE_OPTIONS: "--require ./scripts/no-npm-list-fail.js"
+        NODE_OPTIONS: "--require ./scripts/no-npm-list-fail.js --max_old_space_size=4096"
       # NOTE: --githubBranch is "The GitHub branch used to infer relative links in README.md."
       run: |
         npx vsce package --githubBranch main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yaml
index d7e3ea565..1d4f8b5c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js Environment
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.16.0
 
       - name: Determine Next Version
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yaml
index 051b5f6e2..787c02f3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js Environment
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.16.0
 
       - name: Install npm
         run: npm install -g npm@8.19.4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yaml
index e7fd88c8c..a0e1b8c9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-build.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js Environment
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16.x
+          node-version: 20.16.0
 
       - name: Run tests and build
         uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/test-and-build
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 4356d5d10..98b418c8c 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ module.exports = (env, argv) => {
         process: 'process/browser',
       }),
     ],
+    watchOptions: {
+      // For some systems, watching many files can result in a lot of CPU or memory usage
+      // https://webpack.js.org/configuration/watch/#watchoptionsignored
+      // don't use this pattern, if you have a monorepo with linked packages.
+      ignored: /node_modules/,
+    },
   });
 
   return [