diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index cd05a7b..102b4e1 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: 'niv Updater Action'
 description: 'A GitHub action that detects updates to dependencies tracked by niv and creates pull requests to keep them up to date.'
 author: 'knl'
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'main.js'
 inputs:
   pull_request_base: