diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-evm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-evm.yml
index 57b815c..d8dcf8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-evm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-evm.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: ["18.x", "20.x"]
+        node-version: ["18.x", "20.x", "22.x"]
     steps:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
diff --git a/packages/axelar-local-dev/package.json b/packages/axelar-local-dev/package.json
index 06f717b..1301781 100644
--- a/packages/axelar-local-dev/package.json
+++ b/packages/axelar-local-dev/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "prettier": "prettier --write 'src/contracts/**/*.sol' 'test/**/*.js' 'src/**/*.ts'"
     },
     "engines": {
-        "node": "^16.0.0 || ^18.0.0"
+        "node": ">=18"
     },
     "engineStrict": true,
     "repository": {