From 4eea14fd073d90d652a40e13d900224702b0a2ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Griffin <nicholas.griffin@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:29:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: changing node support level to min v18 (#424)

* chore: changing node support level to min v18

* fix: typo

* chore: rewording
---
 .../workflows/{dependency-review => dependency-review.yml}    | 0
 .github/workflows/test.yml                                    | 2 +-
 README.md                                                     | 4 +---
 package.json                                                  | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 rename .github/workflows/{dependency-review => dependency-review.yml} (100%)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/dependency-review
rename to .github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4579697b..57f13bc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66848920..446616d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ npm install sqs-consumer
 
 ### Node version
 
-From v7 and above, this library will only support Node v16 or above. If you are still using Node 14, please use a previous version of the library.
-
-This decision was made due to the removal of security support from the Node.JS team from April 30th, 2023.
+We will only support Node versions that are actively or security supported by the Node team. If you are still using an Node 14, please use a version of this library before the v7 release, if you are using Node 16, please use a version before the v7.3.0 release.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae1ca38d..c545ab9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "sqs-consumer",
-  "version": "7.2.2",
+  "version": "7.3.0",
   "description": "Build SQS-based Node applications without the boilerplate",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run clean && tsc",