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+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+Switched Node.js version to support version 16 & 18, rather than 14 & 16. To switch the Node.js version in your own project, apply the following change to the root `package.json`:
+
+```diff
+   "engines": {
+-    "node": "14 || 16"
++    "node": "16 || 18"
+   },
+```
+
+As well as the following change to `packages/app/package.json`:
+
+```diff
+-    "@types/node": "^14.14.32",
++    "@types/node": "^16.11.26",
+```
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+---
+'@backstage/cli': minor
+---
+
+Switched `tsconfig.json` to target and support `ES2021`, in line with the bump to Node.js 16 & 18.