diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 288091c..70f0cb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ by [**SWR Audio Lab**](https://lab.swr.de/)
 - 2023-12-27 - v1.2.1
   - chore: update dependencies
   - refact: remove `uuid` dependency
+  - chore!: upgrade minimum NodeJS version to `v18`
 
 - 2023-12-18 - v1.2.0
   - refact: optimize linter util to work with Yarn `>=v4`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd22fe9..42f32fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"description": "Wrapping common SWR Audio Lab utils",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">=16"
+		"node": ">=18"
 	},
 	"repository": {
 		"type": "git",