feat!: drop support for Node.js 16

BREAKING CHANGE: Node.js 18.19.0 is the minimum supported version.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: ["18", "20", "22"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
       - name: Lint
-        run: pnpm lint
+        run: pnpm lint

README.md

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
 
 <h2 align="center">Requirements</h2>
 
-- Version 6 of `grunt-webpack` supports webpack 5 and (optional) `webpack-dev-server` version 4.
-  - For webpack 4 use version 5 of `grunt-webpack`
-- Node.js 16.13.0 or newer
+- Version 6 of `grunt-webpack` supports webpack 5 and (optional) `webpack-dev-server` version 5.
+- Node.js 18.19.0 or newer
 
 <h2 align="center">Install</h2>
 

package.json

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.13.0"
+    "node": ">=18.19.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "src",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "jest": "^29.6.3",
     "prettier": "^3.0.2",
     "webpack": "^5.88.2",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.15.1"
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "deep-for-each": "^3.0.0",