diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0cdee4cacf..7328d471e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
 env:
-  NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT: 14
+  NODE_VERSION_USED_FOR_DEVELOPMENT: 16
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint source files
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node_version_to_setup: [12, 14, 15]
+        node_version_to_setup: [12, 14, 15, 16]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/integrationTests/node/package.json b/integrationTests/node/package.json
index b828be9e43..f82e25810d 100644
--- a/integrationTests/node/package.json
+++ b/integrationTests/node/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "graphql": "file:../graphql.tgz",
     "node-12": "npm:node@12.x.x",
     "node-14": "npm:node@14.x.x",
-    "node-15": "npm:node@15.x.x"
+    "node-15": "npm:node@15.x.x",
+    "node-16": "npm:node@16.x.x"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f5815bc2d..1c445dd54d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "graphql-js"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.15.0 || >= 15.9.0"
+    "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.15.0 || ^15.9.0 || >=16.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "preversion": ". ./resources/checkgit.sh && npm ci",
diff --git a/resources/build-deno.js b/resources/build-deno.js
index 357879e2f0..83c352b01b 100644
--- a/resources/build-deno.js
+++ b/resources/build-deno.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const prettierConfig = JSON.parse(
 );
 
 if (require.main === module) {
-  fs.rmdirSync('./denoDist', { recursive: true, force: true });
+  fs.rmSync('./denoDist', { recursive: true, force: true });
   fs.mkdirSync('./denoDist');
 
   const srcFiles = readdirRecursive('./src', { ignoreDir: /^__.*__$/ });