diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e071ec93eb6..deb06d59953 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-- Fix blocking functions in the emulator when using multiple codebases (#6504).
-- Add force flag call-out for bypassing prompts (#6506).
+- Breaking: dropped support for running the CLI on Node.js v16.
+- Added support for running the CLI on Node.js v20. Installations from https://firebase.tools will now use Node.js 20.
+- Switched Storage deployment to use GetDefaultBucket endpoint to fetch default Storage bucket. (#6467)
+- Fixed an issue with emulating blocking functions when using multiple codebases (#6504).
+- Added force flag call-out for bypassing prompts (#6506).
diff --git a/src/gcp/storage.ts b/src/gcp/storage.ts
index b50bf83eaa5..d74235e2ab0 100644
--- a/src/gcp/storage.ts
+++ b/src/gcp/storage.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Readable } from "stream";
 import * as path from "path";
 
-import { storageOrigin } from "../api";
+import { firebaseStorageOrigin, storageOrigin } from "../api";
 import { Client } from "../apiv2";
 import { FirebaseError } from "../error";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
-import { getFirebaseProject } from "../management/projects";
+import { ensure } from "../ensureApiEnabled";
 
 /** Bucket Interface */
 interface BucketResponse {
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ interface ListBucketsResponse {
   ];
 }
 
+interface GetDefaultBucketResponse {
+  name: string;
+  location: string;
+  bucket: {
+    name: string;
+  };
+}
+
 /** Response type for obtaining the storage service agent */
 interface StorageServiceAccountResponse {
   email_address: string;
@@ -140,15 +148,19 @@ interface StorageServiceAccountResponse {
 }
 
 export async function getDefaultBucket(projectId: string): Promise<string> {
+  await ensure(projectId, "firebasestorage.googleapis.com", "storage", false);
   try {
-    const metadata = await getFirebaseProject(projectId);
-    if (!metadata.resources?.storageBucket) {
+    const localAPIClient = new Client({ urlPrefix: firebaseStorageOrigin, apiVersion: "v1alpha" });
+    const response = await localAPIClient.get<GetDefaultBucketResponse>(
+      `/projects/${projectId}/defaultBucket`
+    );
+    if (!response.body?.bucket.name) {
       logger.debug("Default storage bucket is undefined.");
       throw new FirebaseError(
         "Your project is being set up. Please wait a minute before deploying again."
       );
     }
-    return metadata.resources.storageBucket;
+    return response.body.bucket.name.split("/").pop()!;
   } catch (err: any) {
     logger.info(
       "\n\nThere was an issue deploying your functions. Verify that your project has a Google App Engine instance setup at https://console.cloud.google.com/appengine and try again. If this issue persists, please contact support."