diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0aa4928fc6..09e67e43d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       BUF_VERSION: '0.56.0'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: [14]
+        node: [16]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-gh-pages.yml
index 21b6998e10..e3f05efa5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-gh-pages.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: '14'
+          node-version: '16'
 
       - name: Cache npm cache
         uses: actions/cache@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/examples-ci.yml
index 660b19eaaf..e0d60e0532 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples-ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: '14'
+          node-version: '16'
 
       - name: Cache npm cache
         uses: actions/cache@v2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0547f527c5..af97df1838 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Test: Upgrade nim-waku node to v0.6.
+- Minimum node version changed to 16.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 372f232486..e3fe7db2ec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
+      "name": "js-waku",
       "version": "0.14.2",
       "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
         "webpack-cli": "^4.9.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@babel/code-frame": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a40c0fab92..846fe80a27 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "reset-hard": "git clean -dfx && git reset --hard && npm i && npm run build && for d in examples/*; do (cd $d; npm i); done"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14"
+    "node": ">=16"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^5.0.0",