diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 97a5248888..98e5f9e4aa 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ aliases:
 jobs:
   checkout:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:16.17-browsers
+      - image: cimg/node:20.9-browsers
     environment:
       FLOW_CONTEXT: Production
     steps:
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index d4b25d088c..48ef2c10ba 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.16
+20.9
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4b48acbc2..ce904c10bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "test-update-snapshots": "yarn test -u"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "~16"
+    "node": "~20"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@neos-project/eslint-config-neos": "^2.6.1",