diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0e4808e..0644af3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
       librsvg2-dev \
       libcurl4-openssl-dev \
       libpixman-1-dev; \
-    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash; \
+    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash; \
     apt-get install -y nodejs; \
     apt-get -y remove wget; \
     apt-get -y --purge autoremove; \
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
       libcurl4 \
       librsvg2-2 \
       libpango1.0; \
-    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash; \
+    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash; \
     apt-get install -y nodejs; \
     apt-get -y remove wget; \
     apt-get -y --purge autoremove; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile_light b/Dockerfile_light
index f2ea8e4..fa6f9a4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_light
+++ b/Dockerfile_light
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
       ca-certificates \
       wget; \
-    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash; \
+    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash; \
     apt-get install -y nodejs; \
     apt-get -y remove wget; \
     apt-get -y --purge autoremove; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile_test b/Dockerfile_test
index f5b743f..7b9b414 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_test
+++ b/Dockerfile_test
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
       librsvg2-dev \
       libcurl4-openssl-dev \
       libpixman-1-dev; \
-    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash; \
+    wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash; \
     apt-get install -y nodejs; \
     apt-get clean;
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e9ff52..e3bc109 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server-side rendering by MapLibre GL Nati
 Download vector tiles from [OpenMapTiles](https://data.maptiler.com/downloads/planet/).
 ## Getting Started with Node
 
-Make sure you have Node.js version **14.20.0** or above installed. Node 16 is recommended. (running `node -v` it should output something like `v16.x.x`). Running without docker requires [Native dependencies](https://tileserver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#npm) to be installed first.
+Make sure you have Node.js version **14.20.0** or above installed. Node 18 is recommended. (running `node -v` it should output something like `v18.x.x`). Running without docker requires [Native dependencies](https://tileserver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#npm) to be installed first.
 
 Install `tileserver-gl` with server-side raster rendering of vector tiles with npm. 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80354d8..296c09c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ],
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.15.0 <17"
+    "node": ">=14.15.0 <19"
   },
   "repository": {
     "url": "git+https://github.com/maptiler/tileserver-gl.git",