diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d879d2116a..8af9b8a0ec 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
   frontend:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/node:16
+      - image: cimg/node:18.12
     steps:
       - checkout
       - restore_cache:
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index b6a7d89c68..3c032078a4 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16
+18
diff --git a/.squash.yml b/.squash.yml
index bd3ab61345..b7020f5a3a 100644
--- a/.squash.yml
+++ b/.squash.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ deployments:
     dockerimage: python:3.10.5-slim-buster
     build_steps:
       - apt-get update && apt-get install -y libssl-dev libpq-dev git build-essential libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev curl
-      - RUN bash -c "curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -"
+      - RUN bash -c "curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash -"
       - apt install -y nodejs
       - pip install setuptools pip --upgrade --force-reinstall
       - cd /code
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 227e7f4611..b1bd3e66a9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         "webpack-cli": "^4.9.1"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16.0.0"
+        "node": ">=18.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@babel/code-frame": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62f1e63f28..ac33f63341 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "repository": "https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "browserslist": [
     "Firefox ESR",