diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yaml
index a48f1752a0d..782f9835f01 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ body:
     id: system-info
     attributes:
       label: System Info
-      description: Output of `npx envinfo --system --npmPackages '{vite,@builder.io/*}' --binaries --browsers`
+      description: Output of `npx envinfo --system --npmPackages '{vite,undici,@builder.io/*}' --binaries --browsers`
       render: shell
       placeholder: System, Binaries, Browsers
     validations:
diff --git a/packages/create-qwik/create-interactive.ts b/packages/create-qwik/create-interactive.ts
index 3f07ec6cc2a..4f24599e891 100644
--- a/packages/create-qwik/create-interactive.ts
+++ b/packages/create-qwik/create-interactive.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { getPackageManager } from '../qwik/src/cli/utils/utils';
 import { loadIntegrations } from '../qwik/src/cli/utils/integrations';
 
 export async function runCreateInteractiveCli() {
-  checkNodeVersion();
   console.log(``);
   console.clear();
   console.log(``);
@@ -141,24 +140,3 @@ export async function runCreateInteractiveCli() {
 
   return result;
 }
-
-function checkNodeVersion() {
-  const version = process.version;
-  const [majorVersion, minorVersion] = version.replace('v', '').split('.');
-  if (Number(majorVersion) < 16) {
-    console.error(
-      color.red(
-        `Qwik requires Node.js 16.8 or higher. You are currently running Node.js ${version}.`
-      )
-    );
-    process.exit(1);
-  } else if (Number(majorVersion) === 16) {
-    if (Number(minorVersion) < 8) {
-      console.warn(
-        color.yellow(
-          `Node.js 16.8 or higher is recommended. You are currently running Node.js ${version}.`
-        )
-      );
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/create-qwik/index.ts b/packages/create-qwik/index.ts
index e2163b4ea95..776cbd8781a 100644
--- a/packages/create-qwik/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-qwik/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { createApp, runCreateCli } from './create-app';
 import { panic } from '../qwik/src/cli/utils/utils';
 import { runCreateInteractiveCli } from './create-interactive';
+import color from 'kleur';
 
 export async function runCli() {
+  checkNodeVersion();
+
   try {
     const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
@@ -18,4 +21,25 @@ export async function runCli() {
   }
 }
 
+function checkNodeVersion() {
+  const version = process.version;
+  const [majorVersion, minorVersion] = version.replace('v', '').split('.');
+  if (Number(majorVersion) < 16) {
+    console.error(
+      color.red(
+        `Qwik requires Node.js 16.8 or higher. You are currently running Node.js ${version}.`
+      )
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  } else if (Number(majorVersion) === 16) {
+    if (Number(minorVersion) < 8) {
+      console.warn(
+        color.yellow(
+          `Node.js 16.8 or higher is recommended. You are currently running Node.js ${version}.`
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export { createApp, runCreateCli, runCreateInteractiveCli };
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
index 0e1649cd284..177beba752c 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export async function fromNodeHttp(
   res: ServerResponse,
   mode: ServerRequestMode
 ) {
-  const { Request, Headers } = await import('undici');
-
   const requestHeaders = new Headers();
   const nodeRequestHeaders = req.headers;
   for (const key in nodeRequestHeaders) {
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ export async function fromNodeHttp(
   const serverRequestEv: ServerRequestEvent<boolean> = {
     mode,
     url,
-    request: new Request(url.href, {
+    request: new (Request as any)(url.href, {
       method: req.method,
       headers: requestHeaders,
       body,
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/node-fetch.ts b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/node-fetch.ts
index c06ae2c4f9e..39de58c4365 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/node-fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/node-fetch.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export async function patchGlobalFetch() {
     typeof process !== 'undefined' &&
     process.versions.node
   ) {
-    const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = await import('undici');
     if (!globalThis.fetch) {
+      const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = await import('undici');
       globalThis.fetch = fetch as any;
       globalThis.Headers = Headers as any;
       globalThis.Request = Request as any;
diff --git a/packages/qwik/package.json b/packages/qwik/package.json
index 322fda8bdda..db24b275c0a 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/package.json
+++ b/packages/qwik/package.json
@@ -158,6 +158,6 @@
     "Builder.io"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16"
+    "node": ">=16.8.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/package-json.ts b/scripts/package-json.ts
index 977672370ad..7659389614c 100644
--- a/scripts/package-json.ts
+++ b/scripts/package-json.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function generatePackageJson(config: BuildConfig) {
       qwik: './qwik.cjs',
     },
     type: 'module',
-    dependencies: {
+    peerDependencies: {
       undici: '^5.14.0',
     },
     exports: {
diff --git a/starters/dev-server.ts b/starters/dev-server.ts
index 8b1387d351f..b77ccdf7927 100644
--- a/starters/dev-server.ts
+++ b/starters/dev-server.ts
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ async function patchGlobalFetch() {
     typeof process !== 'undefined' &&
     process.versions.node
   ) {
-    const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = await import('undici');
     if (!globalThis.fetch) {
+      const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = await import('undici');
       globalThis.fetch = fetch as any;
       globalThis.Headers = Headers as any;
       globalThis.Request = Request as any;
diff --git a/tsm.cjs b/tsm.cjs
index cfa94e6d704..76d26482ec4 100644
--- a/tsm.cjs
+++ b/tsm.cjs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ if (
   typeof process !== 'undefined' &&
   process.versions.node
 ) {
-  const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = require('undici');
   if (!globalThis.fetch) {
+    const { fetch, Headers, Request, Response, FormData } = require('undici');
     globalThis.fetch = fetch;
     globalThis.Headers = Headers;
     globalThis.Request = Request;