From a8d9d422b501ca43b0e4e2e64fe982efe53db75e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lahiru Maramba <llahiru@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 16:19:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Deprecate Node.js 14 (#2397)

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +-
 README.md       | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4f80791cea..eefd161066 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ information on using pull requests.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-1. Node.js 14 or higher.
+1. Node.js 16 or higher.
 2. `npm` 6 or higher.
 3. Google Cloud SDK ([`gcloud`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/downloads) utility).
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a1d293bee..2d466926a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ requests, code review feedback, and also pull requests.
 
 ## Supported Environments
 
-We support Node.js 14 and higher.
+We support Node.js 14 and higher. However, Node.js 14 support is deprecated. We strongly encourage
+you to use Node.js 16 or higher as we will drop support for Node.js 14 in the next major version.
 
 Please also note that the Admin SDK should only
 be used in server-side/back-end environments controlled by the app developer.