diff --git a/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts b/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts
index 094a55d549..a2af6dd62d 100644
--- a/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts
+++ b/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // This function must be separate to avoid dependencies on C++ modules - it must execute precisely when other functions cannot
 
-import { color } from "../color";
 import { ISystemWarning } from "./declarations";
 
 // Use only ES5 code here - pure JavaScript can be executed with any Node.js version (even 0.10, 0.12).
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ var util = require("util");
 // These versions cannot be used with CLI due to bugs in the node itself.
 // We are absolutely sure we cannot work with them, so inform the user if he is trying to use any of them and exit the process.
 var versionsCausingFailure = ["0.10.34", "4.0.0", "4.2.0", "5.0.0"];
-var minimumRequiredVersion = "8.0.0";
+var minimumRequiredVersion = "22.12.0";
 
 interface INodeVersionOpts {
 	supportedVersionsRange: string;
@@ -46,16 +45,14 @@ export function verifyNodeVersion(): void {
 		semver.lt(nodeVer, minimumRequiredVersion)
 	) {
 		console.error(
-			color.red.bold(
-				util.format(
-					"%sNode.js '%s' is not supported. To be able to work with %s CLI, install any Node.js version in the following range: %s.%s",
-					os.EOL,
-					nodeVer,
-					cliName,
-					supportedVersionsRange,
-					os.EOL
-				)
-			)
+			util.format(
+				"%sNode.js '%s' is not supported. To be able to work with %s CLI, install any Node.js version in the following range: %s.%s",
+				os.EOL,
+				nodeVer,
+				cliName,
+				supportedVersionsRange,
+				os.EOL,
+			),
 		);
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ad8daefa5..d7dd428126 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
   "analyze": true,
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14.0.0"
+    "node": ">=22.12.0"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.ts": "prettier --write"