diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 059c0f423b8d..25a94b4dbe76 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "typescript": "^5.0.4"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14.0.0"
+        "node": ">=16.0.0"
       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
         "better-sqlite3": "^7.6.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c30ade6fbad..97613739752e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "node-oom-heapdump": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0"
+    "node": ">=16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node pokemon-showdown start",
diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index b9d670b02c07..ed1635869466 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Installing
 
     ./pokemon-showdown
 
-(Requires Node.js v14+)
+(Requires Node.js v16+)
 
 If your distro package manager has an old Node.js version, the simplest way to upgrade is `n` – usually no root necessary: