diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd0219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d2c876..97923ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   "description": "CLI tool that accelerates the creation of new server projects using Fastify with SWC and Jest",
   "main": "init.js",
   "license": "MIT",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.0.0"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/mattfsourcecode/fastify-swc-typescript-server-bootstrap-cli.git"