diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
index 6006478dd5..16d85031c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-couchdb.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - run : bash src/plugins/persistence/couch/setup-couchdb.sh
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '16'
+          node-version: 'lts/gallium'
       - run: npx playwright@1.29.0 install
       - run: npm install
       - run: sh src/plugins/persistence/couch/replace-localstorage-with-couchdb-indexhtml.sh
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5775d600ae..56ec4cfb6c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/nasa/openmct.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.20.0"
+    "node": ">=16.19.1"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "Firefox ESR",