Drop node v16 support and upgrade to node v22

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - windows-latest
         node-version:
-          - 16
           - 18
           - 20
+          - 22
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
-      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
-          path: '**/node_modules'
           key: ${{ matrix.os }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          path: "**/node_modules"
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ matrix.os }}-modules-
 
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Release
     needs: build-test
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    env:
-      NODE_VERSION: lts/*
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
@@ -81,9 +79,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Use Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version-file: .tool-versions
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm clean-install

.tool-versions

@@ -1 +1 @@
-node 20
+node 22

package.json

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 16"
+    "node": ">= 18"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "jq",