diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 8ee338a805c..d78c4b56304 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/cache@v3.3.2
       id: cache
       with:
-        key: llhttp-${{ hashFiles('vendor/llhttp/package.json', 'vendor/llhttp/src/**/*') }}
+        key: llhttp-${{ hashFiles('vendor/llhttp/package*.json', 'vendor/llhttp/src/**/*') }}
         path:  vendor/llhttp/build
     - name: Setup NodeJS
       if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: '14'
+        node-version: 18
     - name: Generate llhttp sources
       if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
diff --git a/CHANGES/8116.contrib.rst b/CHANGES/8116.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1c7f2ca3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/8116.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated CI and documentation to use NPM clean install and upgrade node to version 18 -- by :user:`steverep`.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3ec98c7ce8..bb2d437a134 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ aiohttp/%.c: aiohttp/%.pyx $(call to-hash,$(CYS)) aiohttp/_find_header.c
 	cython -3 -o $@ $< -I aiohttp -Werror
 
 vendor/llhttp/node_modules: vendor/llhttp/package.json
-	cd vendor/llhttp; npm install
+	cd vendor/llhttp; npm ci
 
 .llhttp-gen: vendor/llhttp/node_modules
 	$(MAKE) -C vendor/llhttp generate
diff --git a/vendor/README.rst b/vendor/README.rst
index 6156f37f80e..e653068b897 100644
--- a/vendor/README.rst
+++ b/vendor/README.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ newer release, add ``--remote``)::
 Then build ``llhttp``::
 
     cd vendor/llhttp/
-    npm install
+    npm ci
     make
 
 Then build our parser::