diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 9fe9cb3..6ab7679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: '14'
+          node-version: '18'
       - name: update npm dependency
         run: npm i -g npm@7
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53b84c2..0bb9d8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ typings/
 # dotenv environment variables file
 .env
 .env.test
+.env.local
 
 # parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
 .cache
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 2ffd434..da96227 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-14.*
+18.*
 
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 518f945..3d0c5c3 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   },
   "editor.formatOnSave": false,
   "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-    "source.fixAll": false,
-    "source.fixAll.eslint": true
+    "source.fixAll": "never",
+    "source.fixAll.eslint": "explicit"
   },
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64abc6a..ad059c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ A technical record from the technical-records DynamoDB can contain multiple vers
 ---
 ## Running the project
 ### Dependencies
-The project runs on node 14.x with typescript. For further details about project dependencies, please refer to the `package.json` file.
+The project runs on node 18.x with typescript. For further details about project dependencies, please refer to the `package.json` file.
 
 Once the dependencies are installed (`npm install`), you will be required to rename the `.env.example` file to `.env.local` as we use dotenv files for configuration for local local development for example. Further information about [variables](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/variables/) and [environment variables](https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/environment-variables/) with serverless.
 Please note that multiple `.env` files can be created per environments. Our current development environment is 'local'.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cd68ac5..87caf29 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         "uuid": "^8.3.2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "^14.17.3"
+        "node": "^18.16.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2e84380..dd347f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^14.17.3"
+    "node": "^18.16.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index d1dede3..e857797 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins:
 provider:
   profile: ${env:AWS_PROVIDER_PROFILE, 'default'}
   name: aws
-  runtime: nodejs14.x
+  runtime: nodejs18.x
   stage: ${env:NODE_ENV, 'local'}
   region: ${env:AWS_REGION, 'local'}
   # To load environment variables externally