diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dfa77e5b7..0000000000
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-build
-coverage
-packages/plexus/src/LayoutManager/layout.worker*js*
-
-# Ignore generated files
-packages/jaeger-ui/index.d.ts
-packages/plexus/dist
-packages/plexus/lib
diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 13d2700535..e357912ed9 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ module.exports = {
     jest: true,
     jasmine: true,
   },
+  // Add any other files or directories you want to ignore
+  ignorePatterns: [
+    'build/',
+    'coverage/',
+    'packages/plexus/src/LayoutManager/layout.worker*js*',
+    'packages/jaeger-ui/index.d.ts',
+    'packages/plexus/dist/',
+    'packages/plexus/lib/',
+  ],
   settings: {
     'import/resolver': {
       node: {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-build.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-build.yml
index 1a39a8dfe7..a88c27d5f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-build.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
         with:
           cache: yarn
-          node-version: '18'
+          node-version: '20'
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Run depcheck
         run: yarn run depcheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 83d25ea621..82877b4db5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
         with:
           cache: yarn
-          node-version: '18'
+          node-version: '20'
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn lint
       - run: yarn build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index ec8d7f6b26..0c73fb8ba0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@60edb5dd545a775178f52524783378180af0d1f8 # v4.0.2
         with:
           cache: yarn
-          node-version: '18'
+          node-version: '20'
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
       - run: yarn coverage
       - name: Upload coverage to codecov.io
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fd021952d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 3c032078a4..209e3ef4b6 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18
+20
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 294d29fde6..5094bb13ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-ui.git"
   },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.24.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "7.4.0",