diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
index f7e67778..1cc433a1 100644
--- a/.node-version
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.9.0
+20.6.0
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5bb034a0..1144d146 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -185,6 +185,6 @@ outputs:
   unlocked_environments:
     description: 'Only exposed when using the "unlock on merge" mode - This output variable will contain a comma separated list of the environments that were unlocked'
 runs:
-  using: "node16"
+  using: "node20"
   main: "dist/index.js"
   post: "dist/index.js"