diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9fdc6607..2dd91e8f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 [![.github/workflows/ci.yml](https://github.com/actions/github-script/workflows/CI/badge.svg?event=push&branch=main)](https://github.com/actions/github-script/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amain+event%3Apush)
 [![.github/workflows/licensed.yml](https://github.com/actions/github-script/workflows/Licensed/badge.svg?event=push&branch=main)](https://github.com/actions/github-script/actions?query=workflow%3ALicensed+branch%3Amain+event%3Apush)
 
+**Changes on this fork:**
+
+- Use node 16 (using the `use node` action didn't work on our self hosted runner for whatever reason)
+
 This action makes it easy to quickly write a script in your workflow that
 uses the GitHub API and the workflow run context.
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 59a1ab789..622bc81b0 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ outputs:
   result:
     description: The return value of the script, stringified with `JSON.stringify`
 runs:
-  using: node12
+  using: node16
   main: dist/index.js