diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 25b094112..adaad2d66 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12631,9 +12631,9 @@
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diff --git a/packages/validator/src/cli-validator/index.js b/packages/validator/src/cli-validator/index.js
index 35694c7b6..a05124874 100755
--- a/packages/validator/src/cli-validator/index.js
+++ b/packages/validator/src/cli-validator/index.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 // this module enforces that the user is running a supported version
 // of Node by exiting the process if the version is less than
-// the passed in argument (currently 14.0.0)
-require('./utils/check-version')('14.0.0');
+// the passed in argument (currently 16.0.0)
+require('./utils/check-version')('16.0.0');
 
 const runValidator = require('./run-validator');
 runValidator(process.argv)