diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 64067188bb..3ab979593c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     services:
       postgres13:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_microsite.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_microsite.yml
index af6f222377..1f87c30af2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_microsite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_microsite.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [16.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_nightly.yml
index 476e5dd10b..74dc60783a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_nightly.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [16.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
index f3736d93a2..56ff61c75b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_packages.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     services:
       postgres13:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [16.x]
 
     env:
       CI: 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync_snyk-github-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/sync_snyk-github-issues.yml
index dd35ba26f3..de05c79300 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync_snyk-github-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync_snyk-github-issues.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [16.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
index 3353a84f3b..fefdd1fdd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-linux.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
index e1bb2246dc..8d59d15899 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-techdocs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-tugboat.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-tugboat.yml
index 04d9e686e2..cb3a463a0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-tugboat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-tugboat.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14'
+          node-version: '16.x'
 
       - name: yarn install
         run: yarn --cwd cypress install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-windows.yml
index 4e8025f7d5..fc29c1f03b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_e2e-windows.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [windows-2019]
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_kubernetes.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_kubernetes.yml
index e64ddec586..e8c248699a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_kubernetes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_kubernetes.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_microsite.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_microsite.yml
index 50c2116090..3a24befa84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_microsite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_microsite.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x]
+        node-version: [16.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/verify_windows.yml
index 8bbaa645bf..75a0633cbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_windows.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
 
     env:
       CI: true
diff --git a/contrib/docker/devops/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/devops/Dockerfile
index a7c194618a..8703b2ab48 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/devops/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/devops/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG IMAGE_TAG=14-alpine
+ARG IMAGE_TAG=16-alpine
 
 FROM node:${IMAGE_TAG}
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/frontend-with-nginx/Dockerfile.dockerbuild b/contrib/docker/frontend-with-nginx/Dockerfile.dockerbuild
index 41f931544f..053b4fb492 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/frontend-with-nginx/Dockerfile.dockerbuild
+++ b/contrib/docker/frontend-with-nginx/Dockerfile.dockerbuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 
 
-FROM node:14-buster AS build
+FROM node:16-buster AS build
 
 RUN mkdir /app
 COPY . /app
diff --git a/cypress/tsconfig.json b/cypress/tsconfig.json
index d9b4869ecd..9c4a63b76c 100644
--- a/cypress/tsconfig.json
+++ b/cypress/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "incremental": true,
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "jsx": "react",
-    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable", "ScriptHost", "ES2020", "ESNext.Promise"],
+    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable", "ScriptHost", "ES2021", "ESNext.Promise"],
     "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "noEmit": true,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "strictNullChecks": true,
     "strictPropertyInitialization": true,
     "stripInternal": true,
-    "target": "ES2019",
+    "target": "ES2021",
     "types": ["node", "cypress"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md b/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
index 01d85b8aa2..5cc2ab5f06 100644
--- a/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
+++ b/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
@@ -171,6 +171,6 @@ const highlightOverride = {
 };
 ```
 
-[obj-mode]: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v14.x/api/stream.html#stream_object_mode
-[read-stream]: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v14.x/api/stream.html#stream_readable_streams
+[obj-mode]: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/docs/api/stream.html#stream_object_mode
+[read-stream]: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/docs/api/stream.html#readable-streams
 [async-gen]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for-await...of#iterating_over_async_generators
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/running-backstage-locally.md b/docs/getting-started/running-backstage-locally.md
index 7cc6f6be6a..3e3e8b0727 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/running-backstage-locally.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/running-backstage-locally.md
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ This is made easy with a version manager such as
 # Installing current LTS release
 nvm install --lts
 > Installing latest LTS version.
-> Downloading and installing node v14.15.1...
-> Now using node v14.15.1 (npm v6.14.8)
+> Downloading and installing node v16.16.0...
+> Now using node v16.16.0 (npm v8.11.0)
 
 # Checking your version
 node --version
-> v14.15.1
+> v16.16.0
 ```
 
 - Yarn
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/quickstart-app-plugin.md b/docs/tutorials/quickstart-app-plugin.md
index d1ca61a11f..ea0a511c93 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/quickstart-app-plugin.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/quickstart-app-plugin.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ title: Adding Custom Plugin to Existing Monorepo App
 > functionality, extend the Sidebar to make our life easy. Finally, we add
 > custom code to display GitHub repository information.
 >
-> This document assumes you have Node.js 14 active along with Yarn and Python.
+> This document assumes you have Node.js 16 active along with Yarn and Python.
 > Please note, that at the time of this writing, the current version is
 > 0.1.1-alpha.21. This guide can still be used with future versions, just,
 > verify as you go. If you run into issues, you can compare your setup with mine
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f17e5ee36..417fd328c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "root",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
-    "node": "14 || 16"
+    "node": "16 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"yarn start\" \"yarn start-backend\"",
diff --git a/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
index 33a8b0a9bd..5486f1900f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "incremental": true,
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "jsx": "react",
-    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable", "ScriptHost", "ES2020"],
+    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable", "ScriptHost", "ES2021"],
     "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "noEmit": false,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "strictNullChecks": true,
     "strictPropertyInitialization": true,
     "stripInternal": true,
-    "target": "ES2019",
+    "target": "ES2021",
     "types": ["node", "jest", "webpack-env"],
     "useDefineForClassFields": true
   }
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
index c5810d8880..adcd3a5774 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
-    "node": "14 || 16"
+    "node": "16 || 18"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"yarn start\" \"yarn start-backend\"",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/build-nunjucks.js b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/build-nunjucks.js
index b195f96159..8b98ac4305 100755
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/build-nunjucks.js
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/scripts/build-nunjucks.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ require('esbuild')
     bundle: true,
     format: 'cjs',
     platform: 'node',
-    target: 'node14',
+    target: 'node16',
     banner: { js: NUNJUCKS_LICENSE },
     external: ['fsevents'],
     outfile: path.resolve(__dirname, '../assets/nunjucks.js.txt'),