diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 96c5ef860..ea0291fff 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node-options="--no-warnings --experimental-json-modules"
+engine-strict=true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18c468118..d1b7dc301 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,6 +137,6 @@
     "xmlbuilder2": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
+    "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || ^16.0.0"
   }
 }