diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8ce73c4..85c7841 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
+      - run: node -v
       - run: npm i -g yarn
       - run: yarn
       - run: yarn build
diff --git a/bin.js b/bin.js
index 68dc393..f1fd440 100755
--- a/bin.js
+++ b/bin.js
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-const compareVersions = require("compare-versions")
-const MIN_NODE_VERSION = '14.17.6'
-
-if (compareVersions.compare(process.versions.node, MIN_NODE_VERSION, '<')) {
-  console.error(
-    `Bls CLI requires at least node.js v${MIN_NODE_VERSION}.\nYou are using v${process.versions.node}. Please update your version of node.js. Consider using Node.js version manager https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.`
-  )
-  process.exit(1)
-} else {
-  const { main } = require("./dist/src/index");
-  const { version } = require("./package.json");
-  
-  main(process.argv.slice(2), { version });
-}
+#!/usr/bin/env node --no-warnings
+const compareVersions = require("compare-versions");
+
+
+const { main } = require("./dist/src/index");
+const { version } = require("./package.json");
+
+main(process.argv.slice(2), { version });
+
diff --git a/dev-bin.js b/dev-bin.js
index fe63e48..77f5488 100755
--- a/dev-bin.js
+++ b/dev-bin.js
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
+#!/usr/bin/env node --no-warnings
 require("ts-node/register");
-const compareVersions = require("compare-versions");
-const MIN_NODE_VERSION = "14.17.6";
 
-if (compareVersions.compare(process.versions.node, MIN_NODE_VERSION, "<")) {
-	console.error(
-		`Bls CLI requires at least node.js v${MIN_NODE_VERSION}.\nYou are using v${process.versions.node}. Please update your version of node.js. Consider using Node.js version manager https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.`,
-	);
-	process.exit(1);
-} else {
-	const { main } = require("./src/index");
-	const { version } = require("./package.json");
+const { main } = require("./src/index");
+const { version } = require("./package.json");
 
-	const runCLI = (args) => {
-		main(args, { version });
-	};
+const runCLI = (args) => {
+	main(args, { version });
+};
 
-	// Export the runCLI function for testing
-	module.exports = { runCLI };
+// Export the runCLI function for testing
+module.exports = { runCLI };
 
-	// Run the CLI if executed directly
-	if (require.main === module) {
-		runCLI(process.argv.slice(2));
-	}
-}
+// Run the CLI if executed directly
+if (require.main === module) {
+	runCLI(process.argv.slice(2));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2480615..1b872c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
 	"name": "@blockless/cli",
+	"engines": {
+		"node": ">=18.10.0"
+	},
 	"version": "0.0.5-development",
 	"description": "blockless cli client, manage, interact with and deploy blockless applications.",
 	"main": "dist/src/index.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 70cf3da..a1ebe54 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import { openInBrowser } from './lib/browser'
 import { getGatewayUrl } from './lib/urls'
 import { logger } from './lib/logger'
 import { sitesCli } from './commands/sites'
+import * as compareVersions from "compare-versions";
+import { getNodeVersion } from './lib/npm'
+const MIN_NODE_VERSION = "18.10";
+
 
 /**
  * Yargs options included in every wrangler command.
@@ -166,6 +170,13 @@ export async function main(argv: string[], options: any) {
   blsCli.version(options.version)
   blsCli.epilogue(`Blockless CLI v${options.version}`)
 
+  if (compareVersions.compare(getNodeVersion(), MIN_NODE_VERSION, "<")) {
+    console.error(
+      `Bls CLI requires at least node.js v${MIN_NODE_VERSION}.\nYou are using v${process.versions.node}. Please update your version of node.js. Consider using Node.js version manager https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.`,
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
   if (argv.length > 0) {
     try {
       blsCli.parse(argv, parseCliResponse)
diff --git a/src/lib/npm.ts b/src/lib/npm.ts
index bb021b0..df23161 100644
--- a/src/lib/npm.ts
+++ b/src/lib/npm.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export const getNpmVersion = (): string =>
 export const getNpmConfigInitVersion = (): string =>
   execSync("npm config get init-version").toString("utf-8")
 
+// Node/npm config
+export const getNodeVersion = (): string =>
+	execSync("echo $(node -v)").toString("utf-8").replace('v', '').trim()
+
 /**
  * Check whether NPM is installed
  *