diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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 ### Build Requirements
 To setup your work environment you'll need to use
- * [NodeJS version 14+](https://nodejs.org/)
+ * [NodeJS version 16+](https://nodejs.org/)
  * [Yarn 1.22+](https://yarnpkg.com)
  * And if you plan on making container contributions you may want to setup
     - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/) or
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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-FROM node:14-alpine
+FROM node:16-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ a delay to see how your codebase will handle loading scenarios with a balls slow
 
 ## Requirements
 The basic requirements:
- * [NodeJS version 14+](https://nodejs.org/)
+ * [NodeJS version 16+](https://nodejs.org/)
  * Optionally your system could be running
     - [Yarn 1.22+](https://yarnpkg.com), otherwise NPM should be adequate.
     - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/)