diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-start-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-start-ci.yml
index 2137a26662aed3..823bb4be4f0dbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-start-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-start-ci.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ on:
 
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}
 
-# todo (node-fetch not working on 18, waiting for node-core-utils to fix)
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION: 16
+  NODE_VERSION: lts/*
 
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   contents: read