diff --git a/node-reinstall b/node-reinstall
index c7c6cc8..e99e210 100755
--- a/node-reinstall
+++ b/node-reinstall
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if (( $USE_NVM )); then
   cd $HOME
   # get the latest stable version number of nvm from the repo's homepage
   [ "$STABLE" == "" ] && STABLE=$(curl -s -k https://github.com/creationix/nvm/ | grep "curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/" | grep -oE "v\d+\.\d+\.\d+")
-  [[ $STABLE =~ ^v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$ ]] || STABLE="v0.25.1"
+  [[ $STABLE =~ ^v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+$ ]] || STABLE="v0.33.8"
   curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/$STABLE/install.sh | bash
   source $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh
 elif (( $USE_NAVE )); then