diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 123253437..0fbc09a32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Piral Changelog
 
+## 1.7.1 (tbd)
+
+- Fixed `engines` field to have a constraint for Node.js >=18.17
+- Fixed release mode behavior of `piral-vue3` reactivity (#720)
+
 ## 1.7.0 (October 16, 2024)
 
 - Fixed issue in `piral-vue3` concerning reactivity of props (#720)
diff --git a/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/converter.ts b/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/converter.ts
index b0bf66ea6..9667d530b 100644
--- a/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/converter.ts
+++ b/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/converter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ForeignComponent, BaseComponentProps } from 'piral-core';
-import { Component, App } from 'vue';
+import { Component, App, reactive } from 'vue';
 import { createExtension } from './extension';
 import { mountVue } from './mount';
 import { Vue3MiddlewareHandler } from './types';
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Vue3ConverterOptions {
 
 interface Vue3State {
   instance: App;
+  props: any;
 }
 
 export function createConverter(config: Vue3ConverterOptions = {}) {
@@ -27,27 +28,31 @@ export function createConverter(config: Vue3ConverterOptions = {}) {
   const middlewares: Array<Vue3MiddlewareHandler> = [];
   const convert = <TProps extends BaseComponentProps>(
     root: Component<TProps>,
-    captured?: Record<string, any>,
+    captured: Record<string, any> = {},
   ): ForeignComponent<TProps> => ({
     mount(parent, data, ctx, locals: Vue3State) {
       const el = parent.appendChild(document.createElement(rootName));
-      const app = mountVue(root, data, ctx, captured);
+      const props = reactive({
+          ...captured,
+          ...data,
+      });
+      const app = mountVue(root, props, ctx);
       middlewares.forEach((middleware) => middleware(app));
       app.component(selector, createExtension(rootName));
       app.mount(el);
       locals.instance = app;
+      locals.props = props;
     },
     update(parent, data, ctx, locals: Vue3State) {
-      const appInstance = locals.instance._instance;
-
       for (const prop in data) {
-        appInstance.props[prop] = data[prop];
+          locals.props[prop] = data[prop];
       }
     },
     unmount(parent, locals: Vue3State) {
       locals.instance.unmount();
       parent.innerHTML = '';
       locals.instance = undefined;
+      locals.props = undefined;
     },
   });
   convert.Extension = Extension;
diff --git a/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/mount.ts b/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/mount.ts
index dbef52668..29e64441c 100644
--- a/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/mount.ts
+++ b/src/converters/piral-vue-3/src/mount.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,16 @@ export function mountVue<T extends BaseComponentProps>(
   component: Component<T>,
   props: T,
   ctx: ComponentContext,
-  captured?: Record<string, any>,
 ) {
-  const data = {
-    ...captured,
-    ...props,
-  };
   const root: Component = {
     provide: {
       piral: props.piral,
       ...ctx,
     },
-    props: Object.keys(data),
     render() {
-      return h(component, this.$props);
+      return h(component, props);
     },
   };
 
-  return createApp(root, data);
+  return createApp(root);
 }
diff --git a/src/initializers/create-pilet/package.json b/src/initializers/create-pilet/package.json
index bd5b41a9d..0453a4493 100644
--- a/src/initializers/create-pilet/package.json
+++ b/src/initializers/create-pilet/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.17"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib",
diff --git a/src/initializers/create-piral-instance/package.json b/src/initializers/create-piral-instance/package.json
index 48547d465..a81a36d98 100644
--- a/src/initializers/create-piral-instance/package.json
+++ b/src/initializers/create-piral-instance/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.17"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib",
diff --git a/src/tooling/piral-cli-webpack5/package.json b/src/tooling/piral-cli-webpack5/package.json
index 4b3b10107..af941d8d4 100644
--- a/src/tooling/piral-cli-webpack5/package.json
+++ b/src/tooling/piral-cli-webpack5/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.17"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib",
diff --git a/src/tooling/piral-cli/package.json b/src/tooling/piral-cli/package.json
index 871cceb08..8a1d536f5 100644
--- a/src/tooling/piral-cli/package.json
+++ b/src/tooling/piral-cli/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "typings": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=18.17"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib",