diff --git a/docs/development/local-development.md b/docs/development/local-development.md
index a9de95eaabcb5172ff76abe9c79c082ec0fdb783..1f823d6a778f68a67928767232a51bd0ca306865 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 `>=16.13.0`
+- Node.js `^16.13.0 || >= 18.12.0`
 - Yarn `^1.22.5`
 - C++ compiler
 - Java between `8` and `12`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17807a15ccca55059e3028b324390da1b55c9558..b50bf2d7712f581c322b4dce5f1ddf40e795140f 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": ">=16.13.0"
+    "node": "^16.13.0 || >= 18.12.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-codecommit": "3.154.0",