diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a0e1909b98..3ced1d0c580 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ see in our mext major release.
 
 ## Getting started ⚡ 
 
-As this is a monorepo. You'll need [NodeJS v14](https://nodejs.org), [lerna](https://lerna.js.org/) and [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) on your system.  
+As this is a monorepo. You'll need [NodeJS v16](https://nodejs.org), [lerna](https://lerna.js.org/) and [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) on your system.  
 Once you have those, clone (or fork) this repo and run `yarn kickstart`:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/config/templates/readme.main.md b/config/templates/readme.main.md
index 719a278a869..ea6c12da10e 100644
--- a/config/templates/readme.main.md
+++ b/config/templates/readme.main.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ see in our mext major release.
 
 ## Getting started ⚡ 
 
-As this is a monorepo. You'll need [NodeJS v14](https://nodejs.org), [lerna](https://lerna.js.org/) and [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) on your system.  
+As this is a monorepo. You'll need [NodeJS v16](https://nodejs.org), [lerna](https://lerna.js.org/) and [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) on your system.  
 Once you have those, clone (or fork) this repo and run `yarn kickstart`:
 
 ```bash