From 272d04f36bb7357c7cfbc84b54c80c9cfb5fd02c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Mock <joshua.mock@elastic.co>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 13:50:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [Backport 8.11] Stop supporting Node v14 and v16 (#2055)
 (#2056)

---
 .buildkite/pipeline.yml      | 1 -
 .github/workflows/nodejs.yml | 2 +-
 README.md                    | 3 ++-
 docs/installation.asciidoc   | 6 +++++-
 package.json                 | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index d05129234..e493831a9 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ steps:
           - "free"
           - "platinum"
         nodejs:
-          - "16"
           - "18"
           - "20"
     command: ./.buildkite/run-tests.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index ca00cb372..397a2b467 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37e78a387..1046dc84d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ of the getting started documentation.
 
 ### Node.js support
 
-NOTE: The minimum supported version of Node.js is `v14`.
+NOTE: The minimum supported version of Node.js is `v18`.
 
 The client versioning follows the Elastic Stack versioning, this means that
 major, minor, and patch releases are done following a precise schedule that
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ of `^7.10.0`).
 | `10.x`          | `April 2021`     | `7.12` (mid 2021)      |
 | `12.x`          | `April 2022`     | `8.2` (early 2022)     |
 | `14.x`          | `April 2023`     | `8.8` (early 2023)     |
+| `16.x`          | `September 2023` | `8.11` (late 2023)     |
 
 ### Compatibility
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.asciidoc b/docs/installation.asciidoc
index b04a1a1cd..4fe1f78ab 100644
--- a/docs/installation.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/installation.asciidoc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To learn more about the supported major versions, please refer to the
 [[nodejs-support]]
 === Node.js support
 
-NOTE: The minimum supported version of Node.js is `v14`.
+NOTE: The minimum supported version of Node.js is `v18`.
 
 The client versioning follows the {stack} versioning, this means that
 major, minor, and patch releases are done following a precise schedule that
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ of `^7.10.0`).
 |`14.x`
 |April 2023
 |`8.8` (early 2023)
+
+|`16.x`
+|September 2023
+|`8.11` (late 2023)
 |===
 
 [discrete]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29388a7af..ef2b7aa7a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/index.html",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@sinonjs/fake-timers": "github:sinonjs/fake-timers#0bfffc1",