diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-zebras-care.md b/.changeset/eleven-zebras-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13f121bd12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-zebras-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': minor
+---
+
+Set the minimum Node version in the engines field
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2535653a5..fbe3c8067c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,5 +49,8 @@
     "tiny-glob": "^0.2.8",
     "typescript": "^4.2.4",
     "uvu": "^0.5.1"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=14.16.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/README.md b/packages/astro/README.md
index 4480b4844e..f2a119306b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/README.md
+++ b/packages/astro/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ With Astro, you can use your favorite JavaScript framework and automatically shi
 
 ## 🔧 Quick Start
 
+> __Important__: Astro is built with [ESM modules](https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html) which are not supported in older version of Node.js. The minimum supported version is __14.16.1__.
+
 ```bash
 # create your project
 mkdir new-project-directory