diff --git a/docs/development/local-development.md b/docs/development/local-development.md
index b2fac787b54ae0ecc5025148ae3dcff9949a1699..a9de95eaabcb5172ff76abe9c79c082ec0fdb783 100644
--- a/docs/development/local-development.md
+++ b/docs/development/local-development.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ For example, if you think anything is unclear, or you think something needs to b
 You need the following dependencies for local development:
 
 - Git `>=2.33.0`
-- Node.js `>=14.15.4`
+- Node.js `>=16.13.0`
 - Yarn `^1.22.5`
 - C++ compiler
 - Java between `8` and `12`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d099024e620dcf8bbb2fae147a13b12f23c07ff..fe0f0a69198e31394d06512a4f2f7339e2f28703 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   },
   "engines-next": {
     "description": "Versions other than the below are deprecated and a warning will be logged",
-    "node": "^14.15.0 || >=16.13.0"
+    "node": ">=16.13.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-ec2": "3.155.0",