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 ### JavaScript
 
-This requires at least Node 14 and npm 7 to be installed.
+This requires at least Node 16 and npm 7 to be installed.
 
 Deck requires running a `make build-js` to install npm dependencies and build the JavaScript code using webpack. While developing you can also use `make watch` to rebuild everytime the code changes.