diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9c3bc3fd..7baf877e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [16.x]
+        node-version: [18.x]
 
     services:
        mariadb:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Setup Node.js for use with actions
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
       -
         name: Install Deps
         run: npm install --unsafe-perm
diff --git a/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.build b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.build
index 556cad42..74d69646 100644
--- a/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #-----------------BUILDER-----------------
 #-----------------------------------------
-FROM node:16-alpine3.17 AS builder
-RUN apk add --update-cache --repository https://alpine.global.ssl.fastly.net/alpine/v3.17/community/ \
+FROM node:18-alpine3.16 AS builder
+RUN apk add --update-cache --repository https://alpine.global.ssl.fastly.net/alpine/v3.16/community/ \
   python3 build-base sqlite-dev sqlite-libs vips-dev fftw-dev gcc g++ make libc6-compat && ln -snf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 COPY pigallery2-release /app
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/data/config && \
 
 #-----------------MAIN--------------------
 #-----------------------------------------
-FROM node:16-alpine3.17 AS main
+FROM node:18-alpine3.16 AS main
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV NODE_ENV=production \
     # overrides only the default value of the settings (the actualy value can be overwritten through config.json)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ffedb78f..de0cf2c4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         "zone.js": "0.11.5"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16 <17.0"
+        "node": ">=18 <19.0"
       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
         "ffmpeg-static": "5.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8cf79c11..366ee2dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@
     "mysql": "2.18.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16 <17.0"
+    "node": ">=18 <19.0"
   }
 }