diff --git a/.buildkite/android.yml b/.buildkite/android.yml
--- a/.buildkite/android.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/android.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
       - 'scripts/install_protobuf.sh'
       - 'yarn ci-cleaninstall'
       - 'cd native/android'
+      - 'yes | sdkmanager "cmake;3.18.1"'
       - './gradlew clean && ./gradlew bundleRelease --no-daemon "-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx32g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=8g"'
     retry:
       automatic: true
diff --git a/.buildkite/eslint_flow_jest.yml b/.buildkite/eslint_flow_jest.yml
--- a/.buildkite/eslint_flow_jest.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/eslint_flow_jest.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 steps:
   - label: ':eslint: :jest: ESLint & Flow & Jest'
-    command: '(pkill flow || true) && curl --proto "=https" --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y && . /root/.cargo/env && apt update && apt install -y cmake && yarn ci-cleaninstall && yarn eslint:all --max-warnings=0 && yarn flow:all && yarn jest:all'
+    command: '(pkill flow || true) && curl --proto "=https" --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y && . "/root/.cargo/env" && apt update && apt install -y cmake && yarn ci-cleaninstall && yarn eslint:all --max-warnings=0 && yarn flow:all && yarn jest:all'
     retry:
       automatic: true
     plugins:
       - docker#v5.3.0:
-          image: 'node:20.10.0-bullseye'
+          image: 'cimg/node:20.19'
           always-pull: true
           workdir: /comm
           propagate-environment: true
+          user: 'root'
     agents:
       - 'autoscaling=true'
diff --git a/.buildkite/jsi_codegen.yml b/.buildkite/jsi_codegen.yml
--- a/.buildkite/jsi_codegen.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/jsi_codegen.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
       automatic: true
     plugins:
       - docker#v5.3.0:
-          image: 'node:20.10.0-bullseye'
+          image: 'cimg/node:20.19'
           always-pull: true
           workdir: /comm
           propagate-environment: true
+          user: 'root'
     agents:
       - 'autoscaling=true'
diff --git a/desktop/.babelrc.cjs b/desktop/.babelrc.cjs
--- a/desktop/.babelrc.cjs
+++ b/desktop/.babelrc.cjs
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
     '@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining',
     '@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator',
     '@babel/plugin-transform-runtime',
+    'babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser',
   ],
 };
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.4",
     "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.4",
     "@electron-forge/plugin-base": "^6.0.4",
+    "babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser": "^0.29.1",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "electron": "^25.8.4",
     "flow-bin": "^0.269.1",
diff --git a/landing/.babelrc.cjs b/landing/.babelrc.cjs
--- a/landing/.babelrc.cjs
+++ b/landing/.babelrc.cjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     '@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining',
     '@babel/plugin-transform-private-methods',
     '@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator',
+    'babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser',
     ['@babel/plugin-transform-runtime', { useESModules: true }],
   ],
 };