diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index ba14c62c6..2637ce8ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: git fetch --force --tags
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 18
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm run publish-please-only