diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ad7b1d2353e7d38a25b59d37a521a0292fc1debf..cef443dade3e259e5dc2a5101f8bbaa770e2ceec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
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             },
             "engines": {
-                "node": ">=18"
+                "node": ">=16"
             }
         },
         "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16574bf66417b86a53ec99441cc78b1ed15a6872..3d382e5aa1a4b0e77e04f4cf8d6406f2bc5d9f99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "url": "https://develop.studip.de/svn/studip"
     },
     "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
+        "node": ">=16"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@axe-core/playwright": "^4.6.1",