diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c4f411..24cd644 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ app/js/templates.js
 app/data
 *.py[cod]
 karma.subunit
+package-lock.json
 
 # C extensions
 *.so
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7058a03..183cc7d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ Installation
 ============
 Installation - Frontend
 -----------------------
-Installation of the frontend requires Node.js and Gulp. On Ubuntu::
+Installation of the frontend requires Node.js (>=16.14.0) and Gulp. On Ubuntu::
 
-    sudo apt-get install nodejs
-    sudo apt-get install npm
-    sudo npm install -g gulp
+    sudo snap install node --classic --channel=16
 
 Then, install the Node modules by running, from the project directory::
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ Usage - Development
 -------------------
 A development server can be run as follows::
 
-    gulp dev
+    npm run dev
 
 This will open a web browser and reload code automatically as it changes on the
 filesystem.
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ Usage - Production
 ------------------
 The production application can be build using::
 
-    gulp prod
+    npm run prod
 
 This will automatically build portable html/javascript and python
 utilities into ``dist/stackviz-VERSION.tar.gz``.
diff --git a/doc/source/installation.rst b/doc/source/installation.rst
index 8fdb06b..9936e2e 100644
--- a/doc/source/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/source/installation.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ Installation
 
 Installation - Frontend
 -----------------------
-Installation of the frontend requires Node.js and Gulp. On Ubuntu::
+Installation of the frontend requires Node.js (>=16.14.0) and Gulp. On Ubuntu::
 
-    sudo apt-get install nodejs npm nodejs-legacy
-    sudo npm install -g gulp
+    sudo snap install node --classic --channel=16
 
 Then, install the Node modules by running, from the project directory::
 
diff --git a/gulp/tasks/styles.js b/gulp/tasks/styles.js
index 1fe1538..63a71fc 100644
--- a/gulp/tasks/styles.js
+++ b/gulp/tasks/styles.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var config       = require('../config');
 var gulp         = require('gulp');
-var sass         = require('gulp-sass');
+var sass         = require('gulp-sass')(require('node-sass'));
 var gulpif       = require('gulp-if');
 var handleErrors = require('../util/handleErrors');
 var browserSync  = require('browser-sync');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ca4bc2..046f7f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "gulp-protractor": "2.2.0",
     "gulp-rename": "1.2.2",
     "gulp-replace": "0.5.4",
-    "gulp-sass": "2.2.0",
+    "gulp-sass": "5.1.0",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "1.6.0",
     "gulp-streamify": "0.0.5",
     "gulp-uglify": "1.5.3",
@@ -54,25 +54,30 @@
     "jasmine-fixture": "2.0.0",
     "karma": "~0.13.22",
     "karma-browserify": "5.0.3",
-    "karma-firefox-launcher": "2.1.0",
     "karma-coverage": "0.5.5",
+    "karma-firefox-launcher": "2.1.0",
     "karma-jasmine": "0.3.8",
     "karma-subunit-reporter": "0.0.4",
     "morgan": "1.7.0",
+    "node-sass": "6.0.0",
     "nprogress": "^0.2.0",
     "pretty-hrtime": "1.0.2",
     "protractor": "^2.2.0",
     "run-sequence": "1.1.5",
     "tiny-lr": "^0.1.6",
     "uglifyify": "3.0.1",
-    "vinyl-buffer": "1.0.0",
-    "vinyl-source-stream": "1.1.0",
+    "vinyl-buffer": "1.0.1",
+    "vinyl-source-stream": "1.1.2",
     "watchify": "3.7.0"
   },
+  "overrides": {
+    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.11"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "if [ ! -d .venv ]; then tox -epy38 --notest; fi",
     "test": "gulp unit",
     "lint": "eslint ./",
-    "prod": "gulp prod; python setup.py sdist"
+    "prod": "gulp prod; python setup.py sdist",
+    "dev": "gulp dev"
   }
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cff9e9d..767b2f6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ testtools>=0.9.30
 oslo.db>=6.0.0;python_version>='3.6'
 oslo.db==6.0.0;python_version<='3.5'
 six
+stestr