diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 98a4e0fff98df49..7eeae896942dc3f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ node -v
 yarn -v
 ```
 
+Check that the Node version at least satisfies what is set in package.json:
+
+```shell
+node -p -e "require('./package.json').engines.node"
+>=18.20.0
+```
+
 After you have installed Node.js and Yarn, you can install the dependencies using `yarn`:
 
 ```bash