chore: bump to node 18 LTS as default
diff --git a/nodejs/repositories.bzl b/nodejs/repositories.bzl
index d00c294..4d1b594 100644
--- a/nodejs/repositories.bzl
+++ b/nodejs/repositories.bzl
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
# created by the module extension
DEFAULT_NODE_REPOSITORY = "nodejs"
-# Currently v16 is the default.
+# Currently v18 is the "active" LTS release:
+# https://nodejs.dev/en/about/releases/
# We can only change that in a major release of rules_nodejs,
# as it's a semver-breaking change for our users who rely on it.
-# We use the most recent v16 release.
DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = [
# 16.18.1-windows_amd64 -> 16.18.1
v.split("-")[0]
for v in NODE_VERSIONS.keys()
- if v.startswith("16.")
+ if v.startswith("18.")
][-1] # Versions are sorted increasing, so last one is the latest version
BUILT_IN_NODE_PLATFORMS = PLATFORMS.keys()
