diff --git a/gateleen-hook-js/package.json b/gateleen-hook-js/package.json
index 05abbc7e..a8326b4e 100644
--- a/gateleen-hook-js/package.json
+++ b/gateleen-hook-js/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "grunt-ngdocs": "0.2.10",
     "jasmine-core": "2.5.0",
     "jshint": "2.9.3",
-    "karma": "1.2.0",
+    "karma": "6.3.9",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "2.2.0",
     "karma-coverage": "1.1.1",
     "karma-html-reporter": "0.2.7",
diff --git a/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml b/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
index 655abef5..0650f460 100644
--- a/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
+++ b/gateleen-hook-js/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                         <!-- we need node in phase generate-resources, so do this before-->
                         <phase>initialize</phase>
                         <configuration>
-                            <nodeVersion>v8.9.4</nodeVersion>
+                            <nodeVersion>v16.9.1</nodeVersion>
                             <npmVersion>6.14.8</npmVersion>
                             <nodeDownloadRoot>${nodeDownloadRoot}</nodeDownloadRoot>
                             <npmDownloadRoot>${npmDownloadRoot}</npmDownloadRoot>