diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a763d1ac2..46643917f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '16'
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install required JS packages
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '16'
+          node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install Ruby (version given by .ruby-version) and Bundler
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ce703082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+20.16.0
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a0dc9a81..000000000
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-14.16.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c954b1e5..eac505d50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ODNZSL/nzsl-online#readme",
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^16.0.0",
+    "node": "^20.0.0",
     "yarn": "^1.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {