diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index b34ab48de..de9c7d04b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: Build
 
+## limiting lerna version as latest is not compatible with node 14.
+## We will revert this once node is upragded.
+env:
+  LERNA: 'lerna@6.6.2'
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set version to ${{ env.VERSION }}
       run: |
         npm version $VERSION --no-git-tag-version
-        npx lerna version $VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
+        npx $LERNA version $VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
 
     - name: Tag
       run: |
@@ -66,4 +71,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
-      run: npx lerna exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --tag SNAPSHOT
+      run: npx $LERNA exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --tag SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview.yaml b/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
index 06e1d919e..ab803e1f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ env:
   GKE_CLUSTER: jx-prod
   GKE_ZONE: us-east1-b
 
+  ## limiting lerna version as latest is not compatible with node 14.
+  ## We will revert this once node is upragded.
+  env:
+    LERNA: 'lerna@6.6.2'
+
 jobs:
   storybook:
     name: Storybook
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         npm run bootstrap
 
     - name: Run analysis
-      run: npx lerna run analysis --parallel
+      run: npx $LERNA run analysis --parallel
 
     - name: Build storybook
       working-directory: ./storybook
diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote.yaml b/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
index 1dc59f2c5..948293e5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: Promote release
 
+## limiting lerna version as latest is not compatible with node 14.
+## We will revert this once node is upragded.
+env:
+  LERNA: 'lerna@6.6.2'
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update Nuxeo Elements version to ${{ env.VERSION }}
         run: |
           npm version $VERSION --no-git-tag-version
-          npx lerna version $VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
+          npx $LERNA version $VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
 
       - name: Tag Nuxeo Elements v${{ env.VERSION }}
         run: |
@@ -60,21 +65,21 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          npx lerna exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://packages.nuxeo.com/repository/npm-public/ --dry-run
+          npx $LERNA exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://packages.nuxeo.com/repository/npm-public/ --dry-run
 
       - name: Publish to https://packages.nuxeo.com/repository/npm-public/
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dryRun == 'false' }}
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PACKAGES_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          npx lerna exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://packages.nuxeo.com/repository/npm-public/
+          npx $LERNA exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://packages.nuxeo.com/repository/npm-public/
 
       - name: Publish to https://registry.npmjs.org (dry run)
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.dryRun == 'true' }}
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          npx lerna exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ --access public --dry-run
+          npx $LERNA exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ --access public --dry-run
 
       - name: Publish to https://registry.npmjs.org
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          npx lerna exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ --access public
+          npx $LERNA exec --ignore @nuxeo/nuxeo-elements-storybook -- npm publish --@nuxeo:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ --access public
       
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Align ${{ github.event.inputs.referenceBranch }} branch on next version ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}
         run: |
           npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
-          npx lerna version $NEW_VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
+          npx $LERNA version $NEW_VERSION --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
 
           # commit and push
           git commit -a -m "Update to $NEW_VERSION"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook.yaml b/.github/workflows/storybook.yaml
index 7e7b36013..23726c312 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ on:
 env:
   BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || inputs.branch || 'maintenance-3.0.x' }}
 
+  ## limiting lerna version as latest is not compatible with node 14.
+  ## We will revert this once node is upragded.
+  LERNA: 'lerna@6.6.2'
+
 jobs:
   storybook:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run bootstrap
 
       - name: Run analysis
-        run: npx lerna run analysis --parallel
+        run: npx $LERNA run analysis --parallel
 
       - name: Build storybook
         working-directory: storybook