[6.x] Require Node.js 24 or higher

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        node-version: [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26]
+        node-version: [24, 25, 26]
         # Node.js release schedule: https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
 
     name: Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }} - ${{matrix.os}}

.github/workflows/legacy.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        node-version: [16, 17]
+        node-version: [18, 20, 22]
         # Node.js release schedule: https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
 
     name: Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }} - ${{matrix.os}}

History.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Unreleased Changes
+
+## ⚠️ Breaking changes
+
+* Drop support for Node.js 18, 20 and 22. Express now requires Node.js 24 or higher (`engines.node` is `>= 24`). Node.js 18 and 20 are already end of life and Node.js 22 reaches end of life on 2027-04-30, before the expected 6.0 release
+
 5.3.0
 =====
 

Readme.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the
 [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/).
 
 Before installing, [download and install Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/).
-Node.js 18 or higher is required.
+Node.js 24 or higher is required.
 
 If this is a brand new project, make sure to create a `package.json` first with
 the [`npm init` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/creating-a-package-json-file).

package.json

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "vhost": "~3.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18"
+    "node": ">= 24"
   },
   "files": [
     "LICENSE",