diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 827d401cbfcd26..e25baa475bfa24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -737,21 +737,39 @@ $(LINK_DATA): $(wildcard lib/*.js) tools/doc/apilinks.mjs | out/doc
 $(VERSIONS_DATA): CHANGELOG.md src/node_version.h tools/doc/versions.mjs
 	$(call available-node, tools/doc/versions.mjs $@)
 
+node_use_icu = $(call available-node,"-p" "typeof Intl === 'object'")
+
 out/doc/api/%.json out/doc/api/%.html: doc/api/%.md tools/doc/generate.mjs \
 	tools/doc/markdown.mjs tools/doc/html.mjs tools/doc/json.mjs \
 	tools/doc/apilinks.mjs $(VERSIONS_DATA) | $(LINK_DATA) out/doc/api
-	$(call available-node, $(gen-api))
+	@if [ "$(shell $(node_use_icu))" != "true" ]; then \
+		echo "Skipping documentation generation (no ICU)"; \
+	else \
+		$(call available-node, $(gen-api)) \
+	fi
 
 out/doc/api/all.html: $(apidocs_html) tools/doc/allhtml.mjs \
 	tools/doc/apilinks.mjs | out/doc/api
-	$(call available-node, tools/doc/allhtml.mjs)
+	@if [ "$(shell $(node_use_icu))" != "true" ]; then \
+		echo "Skipping HTML single-page doc generation (no ICU)"; \
+	else \
+		$(call available-node, tools/doc/allhtml.mjs) \
+	fi
 
 out/doc/api/all.json: $(apidocs_json) tools/doc/alljson.mjs | out/doc/api
-	$(call available-node, tools/doc/alljson.mjs)
+	@if [ "$(shell $(node_use_icu))" != "true" ]; then \
+		echo "Skipping JSON single-file generation (no ICU)"; \
+	else \
+		$(call available-node, tools/doc/alljson.mjs) \
+	fi
 
 .PHONY: out/doc/api/stability
 out/doc/api/stability: out/doc/api/all.json tools/doc/stability.mjs | out/doc/api
-	$(call available-node, tools/doc/stability.mjs)
+	@if [ "$(shell $(node_use_icu))" != "true" ]; then \
+		echo "Skipping stability indicator generation (no ICU)"; \
+	else \
+		$(call available-node, tools/doc/stability.mjs) \
+	fi
 
 .PHONY: docopen
 docopen: out/doc/api/all.html
diff --git a/tools/doc/package-lock.json b/tools/doc/package-lock.json
index 96140510b9cec3..12b382a191d106 100644
--- a/tools/doc/package-lock.json
+++ b/tools/doc/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "node-doc-generator": "generate.js"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "highlight.js": "^11.2.0",
+        "highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "rehype-raw": "^6.1.0",
         "rehype-stringify": "^9.0.2",
@@ -413,9 +413,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/highlight.js": {
-      "version": "11.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JOySjtOEcyG8s4MLR2MNbLUyaXqUunmSnL2kdV/KuGJOmHZuAR5xC54Ko7goAXBWNhf09Vy3B+U7vR62UZ/0iw==",
+      "version": "11.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PUhCRnPjLtiLHZAQ5A/Dt5F8cWZeMyj9KRsACsWT+OD6OP0x6dp5OmT5jdx0JgEyPxPZZIPQpRN2TciUT7occw==",
       "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12.0.0"
@@ -2124,9 +2124,9 @@
       }
     },
     "highlight.js": {
-      "version": "11.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JOySjtOEcyG8s4MLR2MNbLUyaXqUunmSnL2kdV/KuGJOmHZuAR5xC54Ko7goAXBWNhf09Vy3B+U7vR62UZ/0iw==",
+      "version": "11.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/highlight.js/-/highlight.js-11.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PUhCRnPjLtiLHZAQ5A/Dt5F8cWZeMyj9KRsACsWT+OD6OP0x6dp5OmT5jdx0JgEyPxPZZIPQpRN2TciUT7occw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "html-void-elements": {
diff --git a/tools/doc/package.json b/tools/doc/package.json
index f86dd46ee0a121..1ac3c78a3596f2 100644
--- a/tools/doc/package.json
+++ b/tools/doc/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "node": ">=14.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "highlight.js": "^11.2.0",
+    "highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "rehype-raw": "^6.1.0",
     "rehype-stringify": "^9.0.2",