diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e86c2afe3..8f3c8a6ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
             path: 'node-red.github.io'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-            node-version: '12'
+            node-version: '16'
       - run: node ./node-red/.github/scripts/update-node-red-docker.js
       - name: Create Docker Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index dde581a01..0db909da6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [12, 14, 16]
+        node-version: [14, 16]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}