diff --git a/.github/matrix.json b/.github/matrix.json
index 81e37ac5f94b..447b8eca62fe 100644
--- a/.github/matrix.json
+++ b/.github/matrix.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "postgresql": ["12"],
   "ruby": ["2.7"],
-  "node": ["14"]
+  "node": ["16"],
+  "npm": ["6"]
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/foreman.yml b/.github/workflows/foreman.yml
index 674ba4eced85..84c1299ab1b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/foreman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/foreman.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - name: "Install npm ${{ matrix.npm }}"
+          run: npm install -g npm@${{ matrix.npm }}
       - name: Setup NPM Cache
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/js_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/js_tests.yml
index 7501009fb3e6..b5de0af68386 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js_tests.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - name: "Install npm ${{ matrix.npm }}"
+          run: npm install -g npm@${{ matrix.npm }}
       - name: Generate npm dependencies package-lock
         run: npm install --package-lock-only --no-audit
       - name: Install npm dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
index 09615b630b27..c3abd3e798a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugins_react_tests.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
       # We could update the postinstall action for foreman to look for an environment variable for plugin webpack dirs
       # before kicking off the ruby script to find them, this would eliminate the ruby dep and running `npm install` in plugins.
+      - name: "Install npm ${{ matrix.npm }}"
+          run: npm install -g npm@${{ matrix.npm }}
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b5e8fe1571dc..888601e4236b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Base container that is used for both building and running the app
 FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream8 as base
 ARG RUBY_VERSION="2.7"
-ARG NODEJS_VERSION="14"
+ARG NODEJS_VERSION="16"
 ENV FOREMAN_FQDN=foreman.example.com
 ENV FOREMAN_DOMAIN=example.com
 
diff --git a/developer_docs/foreman_dev_setup.asciidoc b/developer_docs/foreman_dev_setup.asciidoc
index 70b9e4894d94..a6e701ca7b96 100644
--- a/developer_docs/foreman_dev_setup.asciidoc
+++ b/developer_docs/foreman_dev_setup.asciidoc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Foreman will run with the following requirements (aside from rubygem dependencies):
 
 * Ruby 2.7.x
-* NodeJS 14
+* NodeJS 16.x
 * NPM 6.x
 * PostgreSQL 13
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c3e2a1da234..1feb12e4fada 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "description": "Foreman isn't really a node module, these are just dependencies needed to build the webpack bundle. 'dependencies' are the asset libraries in use and 'devDependencies' are used for the build process.",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">14.0.0 <16.0.0"
+    "node": "^16.0.0",
+    "npm": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "tfm-lint",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     "graphql-tag": "^2.11.0",
     "intl": "~1.2.5",
     "jed": "^1.1.1",
+    "npm": "^6.14.18",
     "os-browserify": "^0.3.0",
     "react-intl": "^2.8.0"
   },
@@ -55,7 +57,6 @@
     "pretty-format": "26.6.2",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "react-dnd-test-backend": "^9.4.0",
-    "react-dnd-test-utils": "^9.4.0",
     "react-remarkable": "^1.1.3",
     "redux-mock-store": "^1.2.2",
     "sass": "~1.60.0",