diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_publish.yml
index cff0c726..65995014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_publish.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
           # "ref" specifies the branch to check out.
           # "github.event.release.target_commitish" is a global variable and specifies the branch the release targeted
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
-      - name: Use Node.js 12
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - name: Use Node.js v16
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 16
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/ # Specifies the registry, this field is required!
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm publish