diff --git a/.changeset/wild-kings-invent.md b/.changeset/wild-kings-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76832d7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wild-kings-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'create-modular-react-app': major
+'modular-scripts': major
+---
+
+Drop support for node 12 in favor of LTS versions `^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0`.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c9c40055a..0bda4a7f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Use Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3.1.1
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: '14.17.0'
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
           cache: 'yarn'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yml b/.github/workflows/static.yml
index d65d62bf7..b03dbb6c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Use Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3.1.1
         with:
-          node-version: 14.x
+          node-version: '14.17.0'
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: 'Install Dependencies'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 841ac53ce..a86c7ef6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: ['14.17.0', '16.0.0']
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 6585a5f47..76acc42c3 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = (api) => {
         {
           targets: {
             // TODO: can we get this to read from package.json somehow..?
-            node: '12',
+            node: '14',
           },
         },
       ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2c07e1da8..c33b1d54d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "packages/**"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0"
+    "node": "^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "format": "prettier --write .",
diff --git a/packages/create-modular-react-app/package.json b/packages/create-modular-react-app/package.json
index e631e85c1..fd8e0fc26 100644
--- a/packages/create-modular-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-modular-react-app/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0"
+    "node": "^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "create-modular-react-app": "ts-node src/cli.ts",
diff --git a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
index 10ca314f1..098ba776f 100644
--- a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "./tsconfig.json": "./tsconfig.json"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=15.0.0"
+    "node": "^14.17.0 || >=16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "modular": "ts-node src/cli.ts",