diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9e4ba99cfac0073c50f3adc32ac1e6766d3b8976..546a93ed6162b5a71e6ccb998e9a8907d96f7ab4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     <<: *default_config
 
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/node:12.13
+      - image: circleci/node:16.15.0
 
     working_directory: ~/repo
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
     <<: *default_config
 
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/node:12.13
+      - image: circleci/node:16.15.0
 
     working_directory: ~/repo
 
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7fd023741b2008cc2a6ab024146a623a5cfbf92d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v16.15.0