diff --git a/.github/workflows/ingest-pull.yml b/.github/workflows/ingest-pull.yml
index 77fb875..7930f39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ingest-pull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ingest-pull.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     types: [labeled]
 
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: 20
+  NODE_VERSION: 22
 
 jobs:
   security:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ingest-push.yml b/.github/workflows/ingest-push.yml
index ddcabac..417b5e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ingest-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ingest-push.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     types: [closed]
 
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: 20
+  NODE_VERSION: 22
   IMAGE_NAME: ard-eventhub-europe-west3/ingest
   REGISTRY_DOMAIN: europe-west3-docker.pkg.dev
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c0b346..ab3f4b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2024-06-26
 
-- chore: upgrade to Node.js 20
+- chore: upgrade to Node.js v22
 - feat: switch subscription names from UUIDv4 to ULID
 - chore: swap yarn for bun (package manager only)
 - chore: swap eslint for biome (experimental)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index af5b19f..b23a994 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN bun install
 
 # Load desired node image
-FROM node:20-alpine
+FROM node:22-alpine
 
 # Create app directory
 WORKDIR /web/app
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 109e74f..8b559a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ This source code is provided under EUPL v1.2, except for the [`spdx-exceptions`]
 
 | Type    | Name                           | License                                                                                            |
 | ------- | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Docker  | `node:20-alpine`               | [MIT](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#license)                         |
+| Docker  | `node:22-alpine`               | [MIT](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#license)                         |
 | NPM     | `@google-cloud/datastore`      | [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-datastore/blob/master/LICENSE)           |
 | NPM     | `@google-cloud/pubsub`         | [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/blob/master/LICENSE)              |
 | NPM     | `@google-cloud/secret-manager` | [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-secret-manager/blob/master/LICENSE)      |
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ This source code is provided under EUPL v1.2, except for the [`spdx-exceptions`]
 | NPM DEV | `chai`                         | [MIT](https://github.com/chaijs/chai/blob/master/LICENSE)                                          |
 | NPM DEV | `chai-http`                    | [MIT](https://github.com/chaijs/chai-http/blob/master/package.json)                                |
 | NPM DEV | `docsify-cli`                  | [MIT](https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify-cli/blob/master/LICENSE)                                |
-| NPM DEV | `dotenv`                       | [BSD-2-Clause](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/blob/master/LICENSE)                             |
 | NPM DEV | `license-compliance`           | [MIT](https://github.com/tmorell/license-compliance/blob/master/LICENSE)                           |
 | NPM DEV | `mocha`                        | [MIT](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/blob/master/LICENSE)                                        |
 | NPM DEV | `nodemon`                      | [MIT](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/blob/master/LICENSE)                                         |
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index f969af4..9a31b1f 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dccef9..902b56c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 	"description": "ARD system to distribute real-time (live) metadata for primarily radio broadcasts.",
 	"main": "./src/ingest/index.js",
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">=20.0.0"
+		"node": ">=22.0.0",
+		"npm": ">=10.0.0"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"docs:serve": "docsify serve . --port 3000",
 		"coreId": "node ./src/coreId/index.js",
-		"ingest:local": "nodemon -r dotenv/config ./src/ingest/index.js",
+		"ingest:local": "node --trace-deprecation --env-file .env ./node_modules/nodemon/bin/nodemon ./src/ingest/index.js",
 		"ingest:cloud": "node ./src/ingest/index.js",
-		"ingest:test": "mocha --recursive './src/**/*.test.js' --timeout 15000 --exit -r dotenv/config",
+		"ingest:test": "node --env-file .env ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha --recursive './src/**/*.test.js' --timeout 15000 --exit",
 		"ingest:lint": "biome lint src",
 		"docker:build": "docker build . -t swr/ard-eventhub",
 		"docker:run": "docker run --env-file .env -p 8080:8080 --name ard-eventhub swr/ard-eventhub",
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
 		"chai": "^4.4.1",
 		"chai-http": "^4.4.0",
 		"docsify-cli": "^4.4.4",
-		"dotenv": "16.4.5",
 		"license-compliance": "^3.0.1",
 		"mocha": "^10.5.1",
 		"nodemon": "^3.1.4",