diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f5149980d8..dfd359b31b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         "vitest": "3.0.8"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 18.0.0"
+        "node": ">= 20.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@alloc/quick-lru": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db5fbbc431..75739b3be0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "forgejo",
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18.0.0"
+    "node": ">= 20.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@citation-js/core": "0.7.14",