From 27e986ccd9999c909112c5d04226a44d9777b890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek <jacek@clerk.dev>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 10:26:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat(backend): Update minimum node version to 20

---
 packages/backend/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 64b301460ee..a939825aa21 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     "vitest-environment-miniflare": "2.14.4"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.17.0"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"

From 09fa4d02b1a321138bb633c9c2ce122c82f3ee1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek <jacek@clerk.dev>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 10:29:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] changeset

---
 .changeset/cuddly-shrimps-refuse.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/cuddly-shrimps-refuse.md

diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-shrimps-refuse.md b/.changeset/cuddly-shrimps-refuse.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b706ab25f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cuddly-shrimps-refuse.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': major
+---
+
+Update engines config to require node@20 or higher

From e1fd4c5b36828e26e9ffd2391516a3d1af4d367a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Radko <jacek@clerk.dev>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 21:24:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update packages/backend/package.json

---
 packages/backend/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index a939825aa21..8c4139682da 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     "vitest-environment-miniflare": "2.14.4"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20.0.0"
+    "node": ">=20.9.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"