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 ## Preliminaries
 
 ### Install node
-First off, make sure you have a recent version of `Node.js` installed. While any version after `v12` should work fine, we recommend you install `v16` or later.
+First off, make sure you have a recent LTS version of Node.js installed. Non-LTS and versions prior to v16 are not guaranteed to work.
 
 If you’re not sure which version of Node you have installed, you can run: