diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index c5eede611e0b9402d9bdba692f264eaaab187189..fdc3d0118c87257474793c1151a5e8a1318dba5f 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
     "yarn": ">= 1.6",
-    "node": ">= 12.0"
+    "node": ">= 16.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "yarn build:css & yarn build:js & yarn build:jqueryui & yarn build:ckeditor5",