diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 09649bafae..0a92a3ba4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: "23"
+                  node-version: "23.3.0"
                   cache: "pnpm"
 
             - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrationTests.yaml b/.github/workflows/integrationTests.yaml
index 46ee277516..dee25a349d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integrationTests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integrationTests.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: "23"
+                  node-version: "23.3.0"
                   cache: "pnpm"
 
             - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index e228b9d071..dbadc71bda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: 22
+                  node-version: 23.3.0
 
             - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
               with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
index fd059a3523..b8f01c18f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
               with:
-                  node-version: "23"
+                  node-version: "23.3.0"
                   cache: "pnpm"
 
             - name: Run smoke tests
diff --git a/docs/api/type-aliases/Character.md b/docs/api/type-aliases/Character.md
index 5185e51693..b9dc9c987c 100644
--- a/docs/api/type-aliases/Character.md
+++ b/docs/api/type-aliases/Character.md
@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ Optional client-specific config
 
 > `optional` **teamMemberInterestKeywords**: `string`[]
 
+### clientConfig.telegram.parseMode?
+
+> `optional` **parseMode**: `"Markdown" | "MarkdownV2" | "HTML" | null`
+
 ### clientConfig.slack?
 
 > `optional` **slack**: `object`
diff --git a/packages/client-telegram/src/messageManager.ts b/packages/client-telegram/src/messageManager.ts
index 3450ca853f..4683c2b3fe 100644
--- a/packages/client-telegram/src/messageManager.ts
+++ b/packages/client-telegram/src/messageManager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { Message } from "@telegraf/types";
 import { Context, Telegraf } from "telegraf";
-import { composeContext, elizaLogger, ServiceType, composeRandomUser } from "@elizaos/core";
+import {
+    composeContext,
+    elizaLogger,
+    ServiceType,
+    composeRandomUser,
+} from "@elizaos/core";
 import { getEmbeddingZeroVector } from "@elizaos/core";
 import {
     Content,
@@ -701,7 +706,7 @@ export class MessageManager {
                             i === 0 && replyToMessageId
                                 ? { message_id: replyToMessageId }
                                 : undefined,
-                        parse_mode: "Markdown",
+                        parse_mode: this.runtime.character.clientConfig.telegram.parseMode || undefined,
                     }
                 )) as Message.TextMessage;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index b16d400240..a29db9c8fb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ export type Character = {
             teamAgentIds?: string[];
             teamLeaderId?: string;
             teamMemberInterestKeywords?: string[];
+            parseMode?: "Markdown" | "MarkdownV2" | "HTML" | null;
         };
         slack?: {
             shouldIgnoreBotMessages?: boolean;
diff --git a/scripts/integrationTests.sh b/scripts/integrationTests.sh
index 6dff86b571..2535dd3596 100755
--- a/scripts/integrationTests.sh
+++ b/scripts/integrationTests.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Check Node.js version
-REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION=23
+REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION=23.3.0
 CURRENT_NODE_VERSION=$(node -v | cut -d'.' -f1 | sed 's/v//')
 
 if (( CURRENT_NODE_VERSION < REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION )); then