diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a0e046a..62c898ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
   },
   "bin": "./bin/node-pre-gyp",
   "main": "./lib/node-pre-gyp.js",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 16.15"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "detect-libc": "^2.0.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",