Override the attributes in attributes, not the default recipe

site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/attributes/default.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node.override["nodejs"]["repo"] = "https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x"
+# Allows upgrading
+node.override["nodejs"]["package_action"]["nodejs"] = :upgrade

site-cookbooks/kosmos-nodejs/recipes/default.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@
 # Recipe:: default
 #
 
-node.normal["nodejs"]["repo"] = "https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x"
-# Allows upgrading
-node.normal["nodejs"]["package_action"]["nodejs"] = :upgrade
 include_recipe "nodejs::nodejs_from_package"