--- title: "Fixing Wrangler Node.js Version Conflicts After Brew Upgrade" description: "I am a massive fan of the brew package management system for macOS and use it on all of my Mac's I typically just upgrade everything blindly and have never" date: 2022-01-15T08:42:36+00:00 modified: 2026-06-01T21:58:42+00:00 author: James Kilby categories: - Cloudflare - Hosting - Wordpress - Personal - Devops - Github - Artificial Intelligence - Automation - Docker - Homelab - NVIDIA - Traefik - VMware tags: - #Cloudflare - #Homebrew - #Node - #Workers url: https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/wrangler-and-node-versions/ image: https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WranglerCrab-1.png --- ![Wranglercrab 1](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WranglerCrab-1.png) [Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/cloudflare/) # Fixing Wrangler Node.js Version Conflicts After Brew Upgrade By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)January 15, 2022 Β· Updated June 1, 2026 β€’ πŸ“–1 min read(217 words) πŸ“…**Published:** January 15, 2022β€’**Updated:** June 01, 2026 I am a massive fan of the brew package management system for macOS and use it on all of my Mac’s. I typically just upgrade everything blindly and have never had an issue… until today. I went to push some changes to this site and got the following error message::: wrangler publish --env production /usr/local/bin/node: bad option: --openssl-legacy-provider Error: failed to execute `"/usr/local/bin/node" "--openssl-legacy-provider" "/Users/jameskilby/Library/Caches/.wrangler/wranglerjs-1.19.6" "--output-file=/var/folders/89/z9t99sg16h9cw3t86wp920jr0000gn/T/.wranglerjs_outputGBCY9" "--wasm-binding=WASM_MODULE" "--no-webpack-config=1" "--use-entry=/Users/jameskilby/jameskilbycouk/workers-site/index.js"`: exited with exit status: 9 πŸ“‹ Copy A quick bit of digging and it turns out the error was due to a new version of node being used (Version 17) The brew search command showed that I still had node16 installed brew search node ==> Formulae libbitcoin-node node βœ” node-sass node@12 node@16 βœ” nodebrew nodenv llnode node-build node@10 node@14 node_exporter nodeenv ode πŸ“‹ Copy So I then removed the link to the generic node and forced the link to node@16 brew unlink node brew link --overwrite node@16 πŸ“‹ Copy Once this was done wrangler worked as expected and published my changes rangler publish --env production ✨ Built successfully, built project size is 13 KiB. πŸŒ€ Using namespace for Workers Site "__jameskilbycouk-production-workers_sites_assets" ✨ Success πŸŒ€ Uploading site files πŸ“‹ Copy Certainly not a complex fix but hopefully handy for anyone playing with Wrangler on a Mac and using homebrew. ## πŸ“š Related Posts * [Static WordPress hosting using Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/10/how-i-moved-my-wordpress-site-to-cloudflare-pages/) * [Cloudflare Workers – Limits of the free tier](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/cloudflare-workers-limits-of-the-free-tier/) * [Blog Performance & SEO Improvements: Cloudflare, Privacy & More](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2026/01/web-development-improvements/) ## Similar Posts * [![Static WordPress hosting using Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/iu-768x450.jpeg)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/10/how-i-moved-my-wordpress-site-to-cloudflare-pages/) [Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/cloudflare/) | [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) | [Wordpress](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/wordpress/) ### [Static WordPress hosting using Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/10/how-i-moved-my-wordpress-site-to-cloudflare-pages/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)October 20, 2022 Β· Updated June 1, 2026 For a while now I have been running this site directly from Cloudflare utilising their excellent worker’s product. * [![What Is Cloudflare? Free CDN, WAF & DDoS Protection Explained](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/iu-2-768x229.png)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/03/cloudflare/) [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) ### [What Is Cloudflare? Free CDN, WAF & DDoS Protection Explained](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/03/cloudflare/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)March 27, 2018 Β· Updated June 1, 2026 Cloudflare – What is it and why would I care? I have been using Cloudflare for a long time. * [![Cloudflare Workers – Limits of the free tier](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/iu-768x450.jpeg)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/cloudflare-workers-limits-of-the-free-tier/) [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) | [Wordpress](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/wordpress/) ### [Cloudflare Workers – Limits of the free tier](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/cloudflare-workers-limits-of-the-free-tier/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)January 4, 2022 Β· Updated June 1, 2026 I have been making several changes (mainly cosmetic) to this site over the last day or so. On most changes I have been doing an export and then uploading the site to Cloudflare using Wrangler. * [![Hosting This Blog on Cloudflare Workers: Why & How I Did It](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/iu-2-768x229.png)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/web-development/) [Hosting](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/hosting/) | [Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/cloudflare/) | [Personal](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/personal/) | [Wordpress](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/wordpress/) ### [Hosting This Blog on Cloudflare Workers: Why & How I Did It](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/web-development/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)January 4, 2022 Β· Updated May 25, 2026 A while ago I started messing with Cloudflare Workers. I have now moved this site permanently over to them. * [![How I upgraded my blog as a Static Website with GitHub Actions and Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Github-Actions.webp)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2025/10/how-i-deploy-my-blog-as-a-static-website-with-github-actions-and-cloudflare/) [Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/cloudflare/) | [Devops](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/devops/) | [Github](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/github/) | [Wordpress](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/wordpress/) ### [How I upgraded my blog as a Static Website with GitHub Actions and Cloudflare](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2025/10/how-i-deploy-my-blog-as-a-static-website-with-github-actions-and-cloudflare/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)October 6, 2025 Β· Updated June 5, 2026 I wanted to automate the publishing of my blog from the authoring side to the public side. These are some of the improvements I made. * [![Self-hosted AI stack operations architecture β€” Ansible automation, Uptime Kuma monitoring, Open WebUI backup, and container orchestration with Docker and Traefik](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ai-stack-featured-768x403.png)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2026/04/my-self-hosted-ai-stack-infrastructure-deep-dive-part-2/) [Artificial Intelligence](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/artificial-intelligence/) | [Automation](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/automation/) | [Docker](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/docker/) | [Homelab](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/homelab/) | [NVIDIA](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/nvidia/) | [Traefik](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/traefik/) | [VMware](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vmware/) ### [My Self-Hosted AI Stack: Infrastructure Deep Dive (Part 2)](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2026/04/my-self-hosted-ai-stack-infrastructure-deep-dive-part-2/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk)April 4, 2026 Β· Updated June 1, 2026 Part 2 of my self-hosted AI stack series. I cover container resource sizing, dual-network isolation via Traefik and Cloudflare Tunnels, and every database powering the stack β€” PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Qdrant, MinIO, MongoDB, SQLite, Prometheus, and Jaeger β€” plus the backup strategy for each.