diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7c28c7ab4..7671947fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [22.12.0, 24]
+        node-version: [22.18.0, 24]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
diff --git a/README.npm.md b/README.npm.md
index ec00a1d2a..3f16a1a7d 100644
--- a/README.npm.md
+++ b/README.npm.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impeccable detect [options] [file-or-dir-or-url...]
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Node.js 22.12+
+- Node.js 22.18+
 - `jsdom` (included as dependency, used for HTML scanning)
 - `puppeteer` (optional, only needed for URL scanning)
 
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index d782735fe..c520f09cd 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
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         "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.3.165",
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.115.0",
-        "@babel/parser": "^7.29.3",
+        "@babel/parser": "^8.0.4",
         "ai": "^7.0.14",
         "archiver": "^8.0.0",
         "playwright": "^1.59.1",
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@
 
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-    "@babel/helper-string-parser": ["@babel/helper-string-parser@7.29.7", "", {}, "sha512-Pb5ijPrZ89GDH8223L4UP8i6QApWxs04RbPQJTeWDV0/keR2E36MeKnyr6LYmUUvqRRI+Iv87SuF1W6ErINzYw=="],
+    "@babel/helper-string-parser": ["@babel/helper-string-parser@8.0.0", "", {}, "sha512-6mJgmFFFIIO82vvoLt9XtRC7/TkzXfts1t/SpRX4IHSzMgqoPYCWesVu1udUPUWioAE/2fcG6WuI8zrkE1gwrg=="],
 
-    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": ["@babel/helper-validator-identifier@7.29.7", "", {}, "sha512-qehxGkRj55h/ff8EMaJ+cYhyaKlHIxqYDn682wQD7RNp9UujOQsHog2uS0r2vzr4pW+sXf90NeeayjcNaX3fFg=="],
+    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": ["@babel/helper-validator-identifier@8.0.4", "", {}, "sha512-4wFaiLd0bVo4cIoTXI3zKI038NIWE/cr3jvBjejOVYVxV/m8Ltav1USiGzG1fmS5J2RhgEOgXNNK46cRPnRsrg=="],
 
-    "@babel/parser": ["@babel/parser@7.29.7", "", { "dependencies": { "@babel/types": "^7.29.7" }, "bin": "./bin/babel-parser.js" }, "sha512-hnORnjP/1P/zFEndoeX+n+t1RwWRJiJpM/jO7FW32Kn9r5+sJB2JWOdYo4L6k78j15eCwY3Gm/7364B1EMwtNg=="],
+    "@babel/parser": ["@babel/parser@8.0.4", "", { "dependencies": { "@babel/types": "^8.0.4" }, "bin": "./bin/babel-parser.js" }, "sha512-srpptsAkEbbNIC/q8nT7o+m6CQe8CJUTV/t7MYc9NnWlgYVtHOb7JH6SorxMhN0kuRJjVqXbKClG6xSbPtzz+g=="],
 
     "@babel/runtime": ["@babel/runtime@7.29.2", "", {}, "sha512-JiDShH45zKHWyGe4ZNVRrCjBz8Nh9TMmZG1kh4QTK8hCBTWBi8Da+i7s1fJw7/lYpM4ccepSNfqzZ/QvABBi5g=="],
 
-    "@babel/types": ["@babel/types@7.29.7", "", { "dependencies": { "@babel/helper-string-parser": "^7.29.7", "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "^7.29.7" } }, "sha512-4zBIxpPzowiZpusoFkyGVwakdRJUyuH5PxQ/PrqghfdFWWasvnCdPfQXHrenDai+gyLARulZjZowCOj6fjT4pA=="],
+    "@babel/types": ["@babel/types@8.0.4", "", { "dependencies": { "@babel/helper-string-parser": "^8.0.0", "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "^8.0.4" } }, "sha512-eY+Yn3dCqTGmyiq2QRU66lA5FL8lqqqvecHt0fF3uHONIa7ToYsaCiWV8lOKqAs0Rb2SjixiKFROngnulPtt2g=="],
 
     "@hono/node-server": ["@hono/node-server@1.19.14", "", { "peerDependencies": { "hono": "^4" } }, "sha512-GwtvgtXxnWsucXvbQXkRgqksiH2Qed37H9xHZocE5sA3N8O8O8/8FA3uclQXxXVzc9XBZuEOMK7+r02FmSpHtw=="],
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01abaa6a8..c8435bc9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/pbakaus/impeccable.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=22.12.0"
+    "node": ">=22.18.0"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "@ai-sdk/openai": "^4.0.7",
     "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.3.165",
     "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.115.0",
-    "@babel/parser": "^7.29.3",
+    "@babel/parser": "^8.0.4",
     "ai": "^7.0.14",
     "archiver": "^8.0.0",
     "playwright": "^1.59.1",