diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b820ddab8..981e17b2bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
+- Support node aliases in .nvmrc. ([#2052](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2052) by [@khamilowicz](https://github.com/khamilowicz))
+
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
 - Rollouts: more robust printing function. ([#2047](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2047) by [@quinlanj](https://github.com/quinlanj))
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/profiles.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/profiles.ts
index 4d97830184..6b2f15ae04 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/utils/profiles.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from '@expo/eas-json';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
-import semver from 'semver';
 
 import Log, { learnMore } from '../log';
 
@@ -83,9 +82,6 @@ async function getNodeVersionFromFileAsync(projectDir: string): Promise<string |
   } catch {
     return undefined;
   }
-  if (!semver.valid(semver.coerce(nodeVersion))) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid node version in .nvmrc: ${nodeVersion}`);
-  }
   return nodeVersion;
 }