diff --git a/bin/release.ts b/bin/release.ts
index ac60ce6d4..22decc301 100644
--- a/bin/release.ts
+++ b/bin/release.ts
@@ -152,15 +152,9 @@ try {
   writeJson('./src/package.json', pkg);
 
   // run npm version `release` where release is patch, minor or major
-  run('npm install --package-lock-only', {cwd: 'src/'});
+  run('pnpm install', {cwd: 'src/'});
   // run npm install --package-lock-only <-- required???
 
-  // Many users will be using the latest LTS version of npm, and the latest LTS version of npm uses
-  // lockfileVersion 1. Enforce v1 so that users don't see a (benign) compatibility warning.
-  const pkglock = readJson('./src/package-lock.json');
-  pkglock.lockfileVersion = 1;
-  writeJson('./src/package-lock.json', pkglock);
-
   run('git add src/package.json');
   run('git add src/package-lock.json');
   run('git commit -m "bump version"');
@@ -201,7 +195,7 @@ try {
   run('git pull --ff-only', {cwd: '../ether.github.com/'});
   console.log('Committing documentation...');
   run(`cp -R out/doc/ ../ether.github.com/public/doc/v'${newVersion}'`);
-  run(`npm version ${newVersion}`, {cwd: '../ether.github.com'});
+  run(`pnpm version ${newVersion}`, {cwd: '../ether.github.com'});
   run('git add .', {cwd: '../ether.github.com/'});
   run(`git commit -m '${newVersion} docs'`, {cwd: '../ether.github.com/'});
 } catch (err:any) {
diff --git a/src/node/server.ts b/src/node/server.ts
index 13d35a226..df6d21ffb 100755
--- a/src/node/server.ts
+++ b/src/node/server.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import {PluginType} from "./types/Plugin";
 import {ErrorCaused} from "./types/ErrorCaused";
 import log4js from 'log4js';
-
+import pkg from '../package.json';
 import {checkForMigration} from "../static/js/pluginfw/installer";
 
 const settings = require('./utils/Settings');
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ if (settings.dumpOnUncleanExit) {
  * any modules that require newer versions of NodeJS
  */
 const NodeVersion = require('./utils/NodeVersion');
-NodeVersion.enforceMinNodeVersion('12.17.0');
-NodeVersion.checkDeprecationStatus('12.17.0', '1.9.0');
+NodeVersion.enforceMinNodeVersion(pkg.engines.node.replace(">=", ""));
+NodeVersion.checkDeprecationStatus(pkg.engines.node.replace(">=", ""), '2.1.0');
 
 const UpdateCheck = require('./utils/UpdateCheck');
 const db = require('./db/DB');
diff --git a/src/tsconfig.json b/src/tsconfig.json
index a42ef0188..a7e5d6dc2 100644
--- a/src/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,                             /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports' for type compatibility. */
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,            /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */
     /* Type Checking */
+    "resolvePackageJsonImports": true,
     "strict": true,                                      /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
     /* Completeness */
     "skipLibCheck": true                                 /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */,