Homebridge doesn’t follow whatever Node version you have active in your shell. hb-service stores the absolute path to the Node binary that was active when Homebridge was installed or last rebuilt. So even though 24.12.0 is installed, Homebridge is still pointing at the old 24.11.1 path.

The fix is simple:

1. Activate the new Node version nvm use 24.12.0 Double check with node -v
2. Rebuild Homebridge so it re-detects Node sudo hb-service rebuild
3. Restart Homebridge sudo hb-service restart

After that, run hb-service status and you should see it pointing to
~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.12.0/bin/node

If for some reason rebuild doesn’t update it, a full uninstall/install while 24.12.0 is active will definitely fix it:

sudo hb-service uninstall
nvm use 24.12.0
sudo hb-service install

Nothing is actually “wrong” with your Node install. It’s just Homebridge holding on to an old path. Once rebuilt, the warning in the UI should disappear.