diff --git a/.changeset/apps-engine-runtime-default-node.md b/.changeset/apps-engine-runtime-default-node.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3cdddc9415377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/apps-engine-runtime-default-node.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/apps': minor
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': minor
+---
+
+Changes the default apps-engine runtime backend from `deno` to `node`. The previous behavior can be restored by setting the environment variable `APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND='deno'`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-e2e.yml
index 6f44816ac03e5..824efe276fb7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-e2e.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
           TRANSPORTER: ${{ inputs.transporter }}
           COMPOSE_PROFILES: ${{ inputs.type == 'api' && 'api' || '' }}
           TEST_MODE: ${{ startsWith(inputs.type, 'api') && 'api' || 'true' }}
-          APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND: ${{ inputs.type == 'api-apps-node' && 'node' || '' }}
+          APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND: ${{ inputs.type == 'api-apps-deno' && 'deno' || '' }}
           FIPS_OVERRIDE: ${{ inputs.fips && '-f docker-compose-ci.fips.yml' || '' }}
         run: |
           read -r -a fips_override <<< "$FIPS_OVERRIDE"
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ jobs:
           exit "${s:-0}"
 
       # This step should be temporary, only here until we remove the deno-runtime
-      - name: E2E Test API (apps + node-runtime)
-        if: (inputs.type == 'api-apps-node' && inputs.release == 'ee')
+      - name: E2E Test API (apps + deno-runtime)
+        if: (inputs.type == 'api-apps-deno' && inputs.release == 'ee')
         working-directory: ./apps/meteor
         env:
           WEBHOOK_TEST_URL: 'http://httpbin'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6e9c8f6a47893..2c270d8d5ea1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -711,13 +711,13 @@ jobs:
       CR_PAT: ${{ secrets.CR_PAT }}
       NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
-  test-api-apps-node-ee:
-    name: 🔨 Test API Apps (node-runtime - EE)
+  test-api-apps-deno-ee:
+    name: 🔨 Test API Apps (deno-runtime - EE)
     needs: [checks, build-gh-docker-publish, release-versions]
 
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-test-e2e.yml
     with:
-      type: api-apps-node
+      type: api-apps-deno
       release: ee
       transporter: 'nats://nats:4222'
       enterprise-license: ${{ needs.release-versions.outputs.enterprise-license }}
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ jobs:
   tests-done:
     name: ✅ Tests Done
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-    needs: [test-guard, checks, test-unit, test-api, test-ui, test-api-ee, test-ui-ee, test-api-livechat, test-api-livechat-ee, test-api-apps-node-ee, test-api-fips, test-api-livechat-fips, test-ui-fips, test-federation-matrix]
+    needs: [test-guard, checks, test-unit, test-api, test-ui, test-api-ee, test-ui-ee, test-api-livechat, test-api-livechat-ee, test-api-apps-deno-ee, test-api-fips, test-api-livechat-fips, test-ui-fips, test-federation-matrix]
     if: always() && needs.test-guard.outputs.skip-tests != 'true'
     steps:
       - name: Test finish aggregation
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          if [[ '${{ needs.test-api-apps-node-ee.result }}' != 'success' ]]; then
+          if [[ '${{ needs.test-api-apps-deno-ee.result }}' != 'success' ]]; then
             exit 1
           fi
 
diff --git a/packages/apps/src/server/managers/AppRuntimeManager.ts b/packages/apps/src/server/managers/AppRuntimeManager.ts
index 3539f80148121..99c16b9e90027 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/server/managers/AppRuntimeManager.ts
+++ b/packages/apps/src/server/managers/AppRuntimeManager.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type ExecRequestOptions = {
 	timeout?: number;
 };
 
-const { APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND = 'deno' } = process.env;
+const { APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND = 'node' } = process.env;
 
 export const nodeRuntimeFactory = (manager: AppManager, appPackage: IParseAppPackageResult, storageItem: IAppStorageItem) =>
 	new NodeRuntimeSubprocessController(manager, appPackage, storageItem);
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const nodeRuntimeFactory = (manager: AppManager, appPackage: IParseAppPac
 export const denoRuntimeFactory = (manager: AppManager, appPackage: IParseAppPackageResult, storageItem: IAppStorageItem) =>
 	new DenoRuntimeSubprocessController(manager, appPackage, storageItem);
 
-const defaultRuntimeFactory = APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND === 'node' ? nodeRuntimeFactory : denoRuntimeFactory;
+const defaultRuntimeFactory = APPS_ENGINE_RUNTIME_BACKEND === 'deno' ? denoRuntimeFactory : nodeRuntimeFactory;
 
 export class AppRuntimeManager {
 	private readonly subprocesses: Record<string, IRuntimeController> = {};