diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c761ebff6..2ee270dfb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Written up where the work happens, not in a style guide:
 
 ## Quick start
 
-You need [Bun](https://bun.com) and Docker.
+You need [Bun](https://bun.com), [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) 24 or newer, and Docker. Bun runs the API and the scripts; Next.js and the eve agent run on Node.
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/trycompai/crm.git && cd crm
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 534ec9d00..f3590e38a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		"typescript": "5.9.2"
 	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">=22"
+		"node": ">=24"
 	},
 	"packageManager": "bun@1.3.12",
 	"devEngines": {