diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
index 60495ee0aa..fb3e6603b5 100644
--- a/.node-version
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v18.19.1
+v18.20.2
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 60495ee0aa..fb3e6603b5 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v18.19.1
+v18.20.2
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4de2b5da02..e4bf3d8f01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     "react": "18.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0",
+    "node": ">=18.20.2",
     "pnpm": ">=8"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
diff --git a/packages/next/package.json b/packages/next/package.json
index ddeddd1945..5b1e33d800 100644
--- a/packages/next/package.json
+++ b/packages/next/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=18.20.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/packages/payload/package.json b/packages/payload/package.json
index 6449030f52..f4c6d010d2 100644
--- a/packages/payload/package.json
+++ b/packages/payload/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "ts-essentials": "7.0.3"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=18.20.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "bin.js",
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
index 15aa7f376f..63fa6194c5 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
+++ b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=18.20.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
index 65f3deb368..dcff1948cd 100644
--- a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
+++ b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=18.20.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
index e966c5f91c..c6c89da840 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     "react": "^18.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=18.20.2"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"