infra!: drop NodeJS v14 and v16 support (#2121)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,21 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node_version: [14, 16, 18, 20]
-        include:
-          - os: macos-latest
-            node_version: 16
-          - os: macos-latest
-            node_version: 18
-          - os: macos-latest
-            node_version: 20
-          - os: windows-latest
-            node_version: 16
-          - os: windows-latest
-            node_version: 18
-          - os: windows-latest
-            node_version: 20
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        node_version: [18, 20]
       fail-fast: false
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
@@ -40,14 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           # Required for docs/versions tests
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Install pnpm (node 14, pnpm 7)
-        if: matrix.node_version == 14
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@d882d12c64e032187b2edb46d3a0d003b7a43598 # v2.4.0
-        with:
-          version: 7
-
       - name: Install pnpm
-        if: matrix.node_version != 14
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@d882d12c64e032187b2edb46d3a0d003b7a43598 # v2.4.0
 
       - name: Set node version to ${{ matrix.node_version }}

docs/guide/upgrading_v9/2121.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Node 14 and 16 No Longer Supported
+
+Support for Node.js versions 14 and 16 has been discontinued as these versions have reached their [end-of-life](https://github.com/nodejs/Release). Faker.js 9.0 requires a minimum of Node.js version 18.

package.json

@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
     "vitest": "~0.34.6",
     "vue": "~3.4.15"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.5.1",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.15.1",
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0",
-    "npm": ">=6.14.13"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0",
+    "npm": ">=9.0.0"
   }
 }