diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index ecc915c3..990a99de 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "@babel/env",
       {
         "targets": {
-          "node": "12.0"
+          "node": "18.0"
         }
       }
     ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e0fbd30b..f11c9ca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
           # We could also test on multiple Node versions if needed: https://github.com/actions/setup-node#matrix-testing
-          node-version: '16'
+          node-version: '18'
           # Enables caching Yarn dependencies (uses https://github.com/actions/cache under the hood)
           cache: 'yarn'
           
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8be69068..a35c75e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@ The command for running the tests, following dependency installation, is the sta
 
 This will also provide style checking and coverage information.
 
-Please note, ES6 features are used within this codebase, and it has only been tested in Node 4.x. It may also work in Node 0.12.x, but not any earlier than that.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5f45bd7..1e6e590f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 12.0"
+    "node": ">= 18.0"
   },
   "license": "GPL-2.0+",
   "bugs": {