diff --git a/express/app.yaml.template b/express/app.yaml.template
index dacdabf7c..b63687fba 100644
--- a/express/app.yaml.template
+++ b/express/app.yaml.template
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 service: <SERVICE>
-runtime: nodejs14
+runtime: nodejs18
diff --git a/express/package.json b/express/package.json
index 90b63684f..f27fe5375 100644
--- a/express/package.json
+++ b/express/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/nodejs-docs-samples.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "14.x.x"
+    "node": "18.x.x"
   },
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",