diff --git a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
index 344909de212..e7f5ec56b74 100644
--- a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
+++ b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "@tsconfig/node14/tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "@tsconfig/node16/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "downlevelIteration": true,
     "importHelpers": true,