diff --git a/apps/site/next-data/generators/majorNodeReleases.mjs b/apps/site/next-data/generators/majorNodeReleases.mjs
index 0a9a06e8cd5e4..108bc14156160 100644
--- a/apps/site/next-data/generators/majorNodeReleases.mjs
+++ b/apps/site/next-data/generators/majorNodeReleases.mjs
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 import nodevu from '@nodevu/core';
 
+import { fetchWithRetry } from '#site/util/fetch';
+
 /**
  * Filters Node.js release data to return only major releases with documented support.
  */
 export default async function getMajorNodeReleases() {
-  const nodevuData = await nodevu({ fetch });
+  const nodevuData = await nodevu({ fetch: fetchWithRetry });
 
   return Object.entries(nodevuData).filter(([version, { support }]) => {
     // Filter out those without documented support
diff --git a/apps/site/util/fetch.ts b/apps/site/util/fetch.ts
index 61378982c6616..b998879503ef1 100644
--- a/apps/site/util/fetch.ts
+++ b/apps/site/util/fetch.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
-
 type RetryOptions = RequestInit & {
   maxRetry?: number;
   delay?: number;
 };
 
-type FetchError = {
-  cause: {
-    code: string;
-  };
-};
+const isTimeoutError = (e: unknown): boolean =>
+  e instanceof Error &&
+  typeof e.cause === 'object' &&
+  e.cause !== null &&
+  'code' in e.cause &&
+  e.cause.code === 'ETIMEDOUT';
 
 export const fetchWithRetry = async (
   url: string,
@@ -17,18 +16,18 @@ export const fetchWithRetry = async (
 ) => {
   for (let i = 1; i <= maxRetry; i++) {
     try {
-      return fetch(url, options);
+      return await fetch(url, options);
     } catch (e) {
       console.debug(
         `fetch of ${url} failed at ${Date.now()}, attempt ${i}/${maxRetry}`,
         e
       );
 
-      if (i === maxRetry || (e as FetchError).cause.code !== 'ETIMEDOUT') {
+      if (i === maxRetry || !isTimeoutError(e)) {
         throw e;
       }
 
-      await setTimeout(delay * i);
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay * i));
     }
   }
 };