diff --git a/packages/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js b/packages/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js
index 8ba46a2d3..a61adf1c2 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if (NODE_MAJOR_VERSION > 14) {
 
 function checkVersion(userSettings) {
     var semver = require('semver');
-    if (!semver.satisfies(process.version,">=12.0.0")) {
+    if (!semver.satisfies(process.version,">=14.0.0")) {
         // TODO: in the future, make this a hard error.
         // var e = new Error("Unsupported version of Node.js");
         // e.code = "unsupported_version";