diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ab97df..ce4f977 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
 ## Development
 
 To get started contributing to this project, clone it and install dependencies.
-Note that this action runs in Node.js 12.x, so we recommend using that version
+Note that this action runs in Node.js 16.x, so we recommend using that version
 of Node (see "engines" in this action's package.json for details).
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5306310..319bfe7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         "typescript": "^4.5.5"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12.0.0 <17.0.0",
+        "node": ">=16.0.0 <17.0.0",
         "npm": ">= 7.0.0"
       }
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 707f9cd..2f5c57d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "@actions/github": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.0.0 <17.0.0",
+    "node": ">=16.0.0 <17.0.0",
     "npm": ">= 7.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {