diff --git a/doc/deps.md b/doc/deps.md
index 53e441166..13333f2c0 100644
--- a/doc/deps.md
+++ b/doc/deps.md
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ make install -j $(nproc)
 ```
 
 ### Node.js and NPM
-Make sure you are using at least version 18 of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
+Make sure you are using at least version 16 of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
 Unfortunately only older versions are available in the official Ubuntu repositories
 for all supported versions, therefore a separate installation might be required from
 [NodeSource](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions).
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
 curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
 
 # Create deb repository
-NODE_MAJOR=18 # or 20
+NODE_MAJOR=16 # or 18, 20
 echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
 
 # Run Update and Install
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ sudo apt-get install nodejs
 ```
 
 You can also download [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm), and run `nvm install`
-at the root of the project to use the specified Node version (18.13.0).
+at the root of the project to use the specified Node version (16.20.2).
 
 
 ### GTest/Googletest
diff --git a/webgui-new/.nvmrc b/webgui-new/.nvmrc
index 59f4a2f3a..3f784dcf9 100644
--- a/webgui-new/.nvmrc
+++ b/webgui-new/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v18.13.0
\ No newline at end of file
+v16.20.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webgui-new/README.md b/webgui-new/README.md
index da8a40a0d..f675ae702 100644
--- a/webgui-new/README.md
+++ b/webgui-new/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Make sure you are using at least version 18 of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).\
-You can also download [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm), and run `nvm install` at the root of the project to use the specified Node version (18.13.0).
+Make sure you are using at least version 16 of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).\
+You can also download [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm), and run `nvm install` at the root of the project to use the specified Node version (16.20.2).
 
 ## Development
 
diff --git a/webgui-new/package-lock.json b/webgui-new/package-lock.json
index 61bbba3f5..7f446f66a 100644
--- a/webgui-new/package-lock.json
+++ b/webgui-new/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "dagre": "^0.8.5",
         "devicons-react": "^1.2.5",
         "i18next": "^23.2.8",
-        "next": "~13.5.1",
+        "next": "~13.5.6",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-diff-viewer-continued": "^3.2.6",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         "typescript": "^5.3.3"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
diff --git a/webgui-new/package.json b/webgui-new/package.json
index a0f26c820..b327be5f2 100644
--- a/webgui-new/package.json
+++ b/webgui-new/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "dagre": "^0.8.5",
     "devicons-react": "^1.2.5",
     "i18next": "^23.2.8",
-    "next": "~13.5.1",
+    "next": "~13.5.6",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-diff-viewer-continued": "^3.2.6",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@
     "thrift": "0.16.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18"
+    "node": ">=16"
   }
 }