diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
index 75c8cf7..3448d87 100644
--- a/.releaserc.yml
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gradle:
   semantic_release:
     version: 17
   node:
-    version: 10.16.3
+    version: 12.19.0
     detect: false # try to detect system node, if found skip download evaluation.
     download: true # download a node dist and use it, if it was not detected
     distUrl: https://nodejs.org/dist # dist download root url (default)
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/de/illjut/gradle/semrel/SemanticReleaseConfig.groovy b/src/main/groovy/de/illjut/gradle/semrel/SemanticReleaseConfig.groovy
index 3d2732d..0d7c00f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/de/illjut/gradle/semrel/SemanticReleaseConfig.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/de/illjut/gradle/semrel/SemanticReleaseConfig.groovy
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class SemanticReleaseConfig {
     this.branch = config.branch
     this.downloadNode = config.gradle?.node?.download == true
     this.autoDetectNode = config.gradle?.node?.detect ?: false
-    this.nodeVersion = config.gradle?.node?.version ?: '10.16.3'
+    this.nodeVersion = config.gradle?.node?.version ?: '12.19.0'
     this.npmConfig = config.gradle?.config;
     this.envVars = config.gradle?.env;
     this.semanticReleaseVersion = config.gradle?.semantic_release?.version ?: "17";