diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3c6e5ac97a2e70942f24eaaf45a2082f999e1894..efbddd5bbfe0c1ec01bf37ff0a4bed5d386a280b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                 "webpack-notifier": "^1.15.0"
             },
             "engines": {
-                "node": ">=16"
+                "node": ">=18"
             }
         },
         "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 606ee1ce83b2734c9d3ba11cbf48cac07beacb9e..cd7351e5d0fc1bb2b73105b7bfc4da6cf91959df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "url": "https://develop.studip.de/svn/studip"
     },
     "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16"
+        "node": ">=18"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@axe-core/playwright": "^4.6.1",