build!: minimum supported Node.js version is 18.12.0 (#5029)

Author: snitin315

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: "npm"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 21.x]
         shard: ["1/4", "2/4", "3/4", "4/4"]
         webpack-version: [latest]
 
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: true
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: "npm"

babel.config.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = (api) => {
             "@babel/preset-env",
             {
               targets: {
-                node: "16.10.0",
+                node: "18.12.0",
               },
             },
           ],

migration-v5.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This document serves as a migration guide for `webpack-dev-server@5.0.0`.
 
 ## ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
 
-- Minimum supported `Node.js` version is `16.10.0`.
+- Minimum supported `Node.js` version is `18.12.0`.
 - Minimum supported `webpack` version is `5.0.0`.
 - Minimum compatible `webpack-cli` version is `4.7.0` but we recommend using the latest version.
 - The `http2` and `https` options were removed in favor of [the `server` option](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/#devserverserver).

package-lock.json

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "types"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 16.10.0"
+    "node": ">= 18.12.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "fmt:check": "prettier \"{**/*,*}.{js,json,md,yml,css,ts}\" --list-different",