diff --git a/.github/actions/test/action.yml b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
index 39ecaabdcd..42daea63a4 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inputs:
   # --- custom environment
   NODE_VERSION:
     type: string
-    default: "16.x"
+    default: "18.x"
   VERBOSE:
     type: string
     default: "true"
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index b6a7d89c68..3c032078a4 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 82f4f46157..db57084b7d 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Developing
 
 #### Common
 
-- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) (at least v16.11)
+- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) (at least v18)
 - [Python 3](https://www.python.org)
 - [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
 - [curl](https://curl.haxx.se/)