diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6f27f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index c4698985..b0cb914e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ outputs:
   compatibility-score:
     description: 'If this PR has a known compatibility score and `compat-lookup` is `true`, this contains the compatibility score (otherwise it contains 0).'
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0855e97d..a56bfa45 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
         "typescript": "^4.6.3",
         "yaml": "^2.0.1",
         "yargs": "^17.4.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16.0.0",
+        "npm": ">=7.10.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@actions/core": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a69d0583..48e8d968 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
     "merge",
     "approve"
   ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=16.0.0",
+    "npm": ">=7.10.0"
+  },
   "author": "dependabot",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {