diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindV8.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindV8.cmake
index a492cac24b..53fa880c87 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindV8.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindV8.cmake
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # V8 library paths
-set(V8_LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64 lib/x86_64-linux-gnu lib.target)
+#set(V8_LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64 lib/x86_64-linux-gnu lib.target)
 
 # Find include path
 if(MSVC OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE EQUAL "Debug")
@@ -109,20 +109,20 @@ find_path(V8_INCLUDE_DIR ${V8_HEADERS}
 MESSAGE("V8 include dir: ${V8_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
 # Define library names
-set(V8_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8D v8_baseD v8_base.ia32D v8_base.x64D libv8_baseD v8_baseD.lib v8_libbaseD v8_libbase.ia32D v8_libbase.x64D libv8_libbaseD v8_libbaseD.lib)
-set(V8_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8 v8_base v8_base.ia32 v8_base.x64 libv8_base v8_base.lib v8_libbase v8_libbase.ia32 v8_libbase.x64 libv8_libbase v8_libbase.lib)
-set(V8_PLATFORM_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_libplatformD v8_libplatformD.a v8_libplatformD.lib)
-set(V8_PLATFORM_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_libplatform v8_libplatform.a v8_libplatform.lib)
-set(V8_SAMPLER_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_libsamplerD v8_libsamplerD.a v8_libsamplerD.lib)
-set(V8_SAMPLER_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_libsampler v8_libsampler.a v8_libsampler.lib)
-set(V8_SNAPSHOT_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_snapshotD libv8_snapshotD v8_snapshotD.lib)
-set(V8_SNAPSHOT_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 v8_snapshot libv8_snapshot v8_snapshot.lib)
-set(V8_ICU_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icudataD icudataD.a icudataD.lib)
-set(V8_ICU_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icudata icudata.a icudata.lib)
-set(V8_ICUUC_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icuucD libicuucD)
-set(V8_ICUUC_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icuuc libicuuc)
-set(V8_ICUI18N_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icui18nD libicui18nD)
-set(V8_ICUI18N_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.so.108 icui18n libicui18n)
+set(V8_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8D v8_baseD v8_base.ia32D v8_base.x64D libv8_baseD v8_baseD.lib v8_libbaseD v8_libbase.ia32D v8_libbase.x64D libv8_libbaseD v8_libbaseD.lib)
+set(V8_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8 v8_base v8_base.ia32 v8_base.x64 libv8_base v8_base.lib v8_libbase v8_libbase.ia32 v8_libbase.x64 libv8_libbase v8_libbase.lib)
+set(V8_PLATFORM_NAMES_DEBUG v8_libplatform.lib libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_libplatformD v8_libplatformD.a v8_libplatformD.lib)
+set(V8_PLATFORM_NAMES_RELEASE v8_libplatform.lib libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_libplatform v8_libplatform.a)
+set(V8_SAMPLER_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_libsamplerD v8_libsamplerD.a v8_libsamplerD.lib)
+set(V8_SAMPLER_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_libsampler v8_libsampler.a v8_libsampler.lib)
+set(V8_SNAPSHOT_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_snapshotD libv8_snapshotD v8_snapshotD.lib)
+set(V8_SNAPSHOT_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 v8_snapshot libv8_snapshot v8_snapshot.lib)
+set(V8_ICU_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icudataD icudataD.a icudataD.lib)
+set(V8_ICU_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icudata icudata.a icudata.lib)
+set(V8_ICUUC_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icuucD libicuucD)
+set(V8_ICUUC_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icuuc libicuuc)
+set(V8_ICUI18N_NAMES_DEBUG libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icui18nD libicui18nD)
+set(V8_ICUI18N_NAMES_RELEASE libnode libnode.so libnode.lib libnode.so.108 icui18n libicui18n)
 
 # Find V8 base library debug
 find_library(V8_LIBRARY_DEBUG
diff --git a/cmake/ports/hifi-deps/CONTROL b/cmake/ports/hifi-deps/CONTROL
index cf603b9869..ee9f4cf1b3 100644
--- a/cmake/ports/hifi-deps/CONTROL
+++ b/cmake/ports/hifi-deps/CONTROL
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 Source: hifi-deps
 Version: 0.1.5-github-actions
 Description: Collected dependencies for High Fidelity applications
-Build-Depends: bullet3, draco, etc2comp, glad, glm, node, nvtt, openexr (!android), openssl (windows), opus, polyvox, tbb (!android), v8(windows), vhacd, webrtc (!android|!(linux&arm)), zlib
+Build-Depends: bullet3, draco, etc2comp, glad, glm, node, nvtt, openexr (!android), openssl (windows), opus, polyvox, tbb (!android), vhacd, webrtc (!android|!(linux&arm)), zlib
diff --git a/cmake/ports/node/portfile.cmake b/cmake/ports/node/portfile.cmake
index 2a4ed5a905..d93ded9d1c 100644
--- a/cmake/ports/node/portfile.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ports/node/portfile.cmake
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ if (ANDROID)
 elseif (WIN32)
     vcpkg_download_distfile(
         NODE_SOURCE_ARCHIVE
-        URLS "${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ASSETS}/dependencies/node/node-install-18.14.2-windows-amd64-release.tar.xz"
-        SHA512 TODO
-        FILENAME node-install-18.14.2-windows-amd64-release.tar.xz
+        #URLS "${EXTERNAL_BUILD_ASSETS}/dependencies/node/node-install-18.14.2-windows-amd64-release.tar.xz"
+        URLS "http://oaktown.pl/tmp/node-install-18.15.1-win-x64-release.tar.xz"
+        SHA512 892608a43ae32b0a82a0e3c7994934d0ce85639ea372c8e7feb7de44220211fa91878bd0744e1488054777807dd5b0c0677b59b44ab5e9fd35ecf222b38d8046
+        FILENAME node-install-18.15.1-win-x64-release.tar.xz
     )
 elseif (APPLE)
     vcpkg_download_distfile(
@@ -34,7 +35,16 @@ endif ()
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH ARCHIVE ${NODE_SOURCE_ARCHIVE} NO_REMOVE_ONE_LEVEL)
 
-file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/include DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
-file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
-file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/share DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
-file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/bin DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+# move WIN dll to /bin and WIN .lib to /lib
+
+if (WIN32)
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/include DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/libnode.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/v8_libplatform.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/libnode.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
+else ()
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/include DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/share DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+    file(COPY ${MASTER_COPY_SOURCE_PATH}/node-install/bin DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
+endif ()
diff --git a/libraries/graphics-scripting/src/graphics-scripting/GraphicsScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/graphics-scripting/src/graphics-scripting/GraphicsScriptingInterface.cpp
index 46ad1edc6f..a5c51803f9 100644
--- a/libraries/graphics-scripting/src/graphics-scripting/GraphicsScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/graphics-scripting/src/graphics-scripting/GraphicsScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,12 @@ namespace scriptable {
 #endif
                 if (auto tmp = qobject_cast<T*>(obj)) {
                     //out = QPointer<T>(tmp);
-                    dest.template setValue(QPointer<T>(tmp));
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+                    dest.setValue(QPointer<T>(tmp));
+#else
+                    //V8TODO: works on Linux but not Windows?
+                    //dest.template setValue(QPointer<T>(tmp));
+#endif
                     return true;
                 }
 #if 0
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/v8/ScriptEngineV8.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/v8/ScriptEngineV8.cpp
index 16fef8902c..bf3750ef4f 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/v8/ScriptEngineV8.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/v8/ScriptEngineV8.cpp
@@ -1190,7 +1190,8 @@ void ScriptEngineV8::updateMemoryCost(const qint64& deltaSize) {
     if (deltaSize > 0) {
         // We've patched qt to fix https://highfidelity.atlassian.net/browse/BUGZ-46 on mac and windows only.
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-        reportAdditionalMemoryCost(deltaSize);
+        // V8TODO: it seems to be broken in V8 branch on Windows for some reason
+        //reportAdditionalMemoryCost(deltaSize);
 #endif
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/node-builder/README.md b/tools/node-builder/README.md
index d1498735f0..b34624c190 100644
--- a/tools/node-builder/README.md
+++ b/tools/node-builder/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Reference: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/BUILDING.md
 
 ## Requirements
 ### Windows
-TODO
+1. git
+2. nasm-2.16.01-installer-x64.exe
 
 ### Linux
 1. git
@@ -28,6 +29,13 @@ Before running configure, make sure that the node-build folder is empty.
 ### Windows
 Make sure that the directory you are using to build Node is not deeply nested.  It is quite possible to run into the windows MAX_PATH limit when building Node.  For example: `c:\msys64\home\ajt\code\hifi\tools\node-builder\node-build` is too long.  `c:\n\node-build\` is a better choice.
 
+Build:
+'.\vcbuild.bat release package dll nonpm'
+
+Rename the installation directory to 'node-build'
+
+After building copy 'deps\v8\include\cppgc' and 'deps\v8\include\libplatform' to 'node-build\include'.
+Copy 'libnode.lib' and 'v8_libplatform.lib' to 'node-build'
 
 #### Preparing source files
 Get the source:
@@ -41,7 +49,7 @@ TODO
 
 #### Uploading
 
-Create an xz tar file called node-install-18.14.2-windows-release.tar.gz from the node-install folder.
+Create a xz tar file called node-install-18.14.2-windows-release.tar.gz from the node-install folder.
 
 Using 7-Zip:
 * `cd` to the *qt5* folder.