diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index 435edf0..48cd4fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 16
       - name: update the version with TAG
         run: echo $(jq --arg a "$GIT_TAG_NAME" '.version = ($a)' package.json) >  package.json
       - run: yarn install
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 16
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
           scope: openimis
       - name: update the version with TAG
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: 12
+          node-version: 16
           registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com/
       - name: update the version with TAG
         run: echo $(jq --arg a "$GIT_TAG_NAME" '.version = ($a)' package.json) >  package.json