I recently created a Next.js app using the CLI, and when I tried to run the development server with npm run dev, I encountered this error:

You are using Node.js 18.15.0. For Next.js, Node.js version >= 18.17.0 is required.

However, my actual Node.js version is 20.10.0, which is clearly higher than the required version.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Verified my Node.js version with node -v: v20.10.0
• Checked nvm list: showing v22.5.1 and system Node.js versions.

I’m not sure why Next.js is picking up an older version of Node.js. How do I fix this?

I recently created a Next.js app using the CLI, and when I tried to run the development server with npm run dev, I encountered this error:

You are using Node.js 18.15.0. For Next.js, Node.js version >= 18.17.0 is required.

However, my actual Node.js version is 20.10.0, which is clearly higher than the required version.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Verified my Node.js version with node -v: v20.10.0
• Checked nvm list: showing v22.5.1 and system Node.js versions.

I’m not sure why Next.js is picking up an older version of Node.js. How do I fix this?

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• This Q/A is similar: stackoverflow/questions/77772200/… – Roar S. Commented Nov 15, 2024 at 22:34
• You need to check the node version in the same command prompt. For example if you are getting the error in vs code terminal you need to check the node version in the vs code terminal as well. – davood Sandoghsaz Commented Nov 16, 2024 at 11:13

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I Think that there is Two Node versions on you machine you could try to list all node versions npm -g ls Alternatively you could uninstall npm and make sure no npm on your machine then install it again versions npm -g rm Then install it again