diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 842fef5..f15e903 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-name: tests
 on:
 - push
+
 jobs:
-    build:
+    test:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 node-version:
-                - 18.x
                 - 20.x
-                - 22.x
-                - 23.x
+                - 24.x
+                - latest
         steps:
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
           with:
               node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         - run: npm install-test
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b52517b..d144430 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ notable changes for developers:
 * `promisify` was removed entirely after being deprecated for a while
 
 
+v2.1.0
+------
+
+_2025-10-26_
+
+notable changes for end users:
+
+* added support for faucet-pipeline-assets and faucet-pipeline-css
+* dropped support for Node 19 and below
+
+no significant changes for developers
+
+
 v2.0.0
 ------
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins.js b/lib/plugins.js
index b940706..29c894a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/plugins.js
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@ let { loadExtension, abort, repr } = require("./util");
 
 // common plugins included for convenience
 let DEFAULTS = [{
+	key: "assets",
+	bucket: "static",
+	plugin: "faucet-pipeline-assets"
+}, {
 	key: "js",
 	bucket: "scripts",
 	plugin: "faucet-pipeline-js"
+}, {
+	key: "css",
+	bucket: "styles",
+	plugin: "faucet-pipeline-css"
 }, {
 	key: "sass",
 	bucket: "styles",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48bd905..2bca3d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		"lint": "eslint --cache ./lib ./bin/* ./test ./test/bin/* && echo ✓"
 	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": ">= 18"
+		"node": ">= 20"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"browserslist": "~4.24.4",
diff --git a/test/test_plugins.js b/test/test_plugins.js
index 637b3ab..8c9a0d9 100644
--- a/test/test_plugins.js
+++ b/test/test_plugins.js
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ let { deepStrictEqual: assertDeep } = assert;
 
 let ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures");
 let DEFAULTS = {
+	assets: {
+		bucket: "static",
+		plugin: "faucet-pipeline-assets"
+	},
 	js: {
 		bucket: "scripts",
 		plugin: "faucet-pipeline-js"
 	},
+	css: {
+		bucket: "styles",
+		plugin: "faucet-pipeline-css"
+	},
 	sass: {
 		bucket: "styles",
 		plugin: "faucet-pipeline-sass"