diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
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--- a/.node-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12.16.1
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
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+16.0.0