diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f69c43145..64cb468da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 14.15.5
+          node-version: '16.x'
 
       # Cache node_modules between builds based on the yarn.lock file's hash.
       - uses: actions/cache@v2
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 18711d290..000000000
--- a/.node-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-14.17.5
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 1f6451a60..f3134c2d4 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nodejs 14.15.5
+nodejs 16
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abbc891c7..6c3cd18f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ If the pull request does not require additional changes, the reviewer should mer
 
 ## Dev setup
 
-Install node.js v14:
+Install node.js v16:
 
 - Install with [nodenv](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv)
 - or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c759790db..691a14fa2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "migrate-db": "npx sequelize-cli db:migrate"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0",
+    "node": ">=16.0.0",
     "yarn": ">= 1.22.5"
   },
   "keywords": [],
diff --git a/script/dev_setup b/script/dev_setup
index 105c3b193..6f7497aa3 100755
--- a/script/dev_setup
+++ b/script/dev_setup
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION=v14
+REQUIRED_NODE_VERSION=v16
 
 _current_os=$(uname)