diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
index 5a5b592b..b5a243f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: "**/package-lock.json"
       - run: npm ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 37411d37..090b9d93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: "**/package-lock.json"
       - name: tmp install prettier + eslint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index b6a4a8e1..8af7cc6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{secrets.ADMIN_WDI5}}
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           cache: "npm"
           cache-dependency-path: "**/package-lock.json"
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_core.yml b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_core.yml
index 14a61eeb..b31184d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_core.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20]
+        node-version: [20, 22]
 
     steps:
       - name: check out repo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_fe-app.yml b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_fe-app.yml
index 24eada80..96166b12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_fe-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_fe-app.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20]
+        node-version: [20, 22]
 
     steps:
       ### no mas since wdio^8 allows for auto-download of matching chromedriver for the env
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_js-app.yml b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_js-app.yml
index be794f3a..ee93e4fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_js-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_js-app.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20]
+        node-version: [20, 22]
 
     steps:
       ### no mas since wdio^8 allows for auto-download of matching chromedriver for the env
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_ts-app.yml b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_ts-app.yml
index 6fef62df..f3657819 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_ts-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wdi5-tests_ts-app.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20]
+        node-version: [20, 22]
 
     steps:
       ### no mas since wdio^8 allows for auto-download of matching chromedriver for the env