diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2e03c12bd..604cfe472 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ version: 2.1
 executors:
   docker-node:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:18.20
+      - image: cimg/node:20.0
   docker-harness:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:18.20
+      - image: cimg/node:20.0
       - image: kennethreitz/httpbin
         name: httpbin.org
   macos:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - when:
           condition: <<parameters.install_manually>>
           steps:
-            - run: nvm install 18.20.1 && nvm alias default 18.20.1
+            - run: nvm install 20.0.0 && nvm alias default 20.0.0
             - run: pip3 install pipenv gunicorn
             - run: sudo bash -c 'echo "0.0.0.0 httpbin.org" >> /etc/hosts'
             - run: git clone https://github.com/stoplightio/httpbin httpbin
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0c046f674..268d0ca77 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:18 AS compiler
+FROM node:20 AS compiler
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/prism
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPY packages/ /usr/src/prism/packages/
 RUN yarn && yarn build
 
 ###############################################################
-FROM node:18 AS dependencies
+FROM node:20 AS dependencies
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/prism/
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN if [ $(uname -m) != "aarch64" ]; then curl -sfL https://gobinaries.com/tj/no
 RUN if [ $(uname -m) != "aarch64" ]; then node-prune; fi
 
 ###############################################################
-FROM node:18-alpine
+FROM node:20-alpine
 
 # https://github.com/nodejs/docker-node/blob/main/docs/BestPractices.md#handling-kernel-signals
 RUN apk add --no-cache tini
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f5fe69fe..6e130b708 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ This information refers to Open Source Prism 3.x, which is the current version m
 
 Prism requires
 
-- NodeJS >= 18.20.1
-- for NodeJS 18.x, [>= 18.16 is required](https://github.com/stoplightio/prism/issues/2305)
+- NodeJS >= 20.0.0
+- for NodeJS 20.x, >= 20.0 is required
 
 ```bash
 npm install -g @stoplight/prism-cli
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 6f9fce32c..7c981d969 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "yargs": "^16.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.20.1"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "/dist"
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index b7cccf889..f0b8b9f5a 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "/dist"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.20.1"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fp-ts": "^2.11.5",
diff --git a/packages/http-server/package.json b/packages/http-server/package.json
index f8d4ad716..07f9c396c 100644
--- a/packages/http-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-server/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stoplightio/prism.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.20.1"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "/dist"
diff --git a/packages/http/package.json b/packages/http/package.json
index 03d060dc0..f1155ef9b 100644
--- a/packages/http/package.json
+++ b/packages/http/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "/dist"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.20.1"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@faker-js/faker": "^6.0.0",