diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ea719e5..a331b487 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - bump blockfrost-utils to 2.6.2
+- bump node to 18 in shell.nix
 
 ## [1.6.0] - 2023-06-28
 
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index cdfae985..23020fe5 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     { }
 }:
 let
-  nodejs = pkgs.nodejs-16_x;
+  nodejs = pkgs.nodejs-18_x;
 in
 pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "blockfrost-backend";