diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index f462f8dd52..eeb997fe16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version-file: .node-version
           cache: yarn
           cache-dependency-path: yarn.lock
       - run: yarn
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
index 4399aab6d0..a106f6e86b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yaml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - if: steps.commit.outputs.status > 0
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version-file: .node-version
           cache: yarn
           cache-dependency-path: yaml-yugi/yarn.lock
       - if: steps.commit.outputs.status > 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-data.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-data.yaml
index d1adde65f9..4dad3bee3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-data.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-data.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version-file: .node-version
           cache: yarn
       - run: yarn
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bd5a0a98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+22
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6515a26434..2435350d31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint 'src/**/*.ts'"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20",
+    "node": ">=22",
     "yarn": "1.22.x"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@alphakretin/essentials": "^6.2.0",
+    "@alphakretin/essentials": "^7.0.0",
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {