diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b4d622..24d7372 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 Performance tweaks.
 
 - major bump [`bpmn-elements@15`](https://github.com/paed01/bpmn-elements/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
-- including major bump of [`smqp@9`](https://github.com/paed01/smqp/blob/default/CHANGELOG.md)
+- major bump of [`smqp@9`](https://github.com/paed01/smqp/blob/default/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## Breaking
 
+- drop support for node 14 and 16
 - JavaScripts.Script property scripts is now a Map
 
 # 21.1.0
diff --git a/lib/index.cjs b/lib/index.cjs
index fa5a479..690a68f 100644
--- a/lib/index.cjs
+++ b/lib/index.cjs
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true });
 
-var module$1 = require('module');
-var events = require('events');
-var url = require('url');
+var node_module = require('node:module');
+var node_events = require('node:events');
+var node_url = require('node:url');
 var BpmnModdle = require('bpmn-moddle');
 var Elements = require('bpmn-elements');
 var smqp = require('smqp');
 var serializer = require('moddle-context-serializer');
 var Debug = require('debug');
-var vm = require('vm');
+var node_vm = require('node:vm');
 
 var _documentCurrentScript = typeof document !== 'undefined' ? document.currentScript : null;
 function _interopNamespaceDefault(e) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Scripts.prototype.getScript = function getScript(language, { id }) {
 
 function JavaScript(language, filename, scriptBody, environment) {
   this.id = filename;
-  this.script = new vm.Script(scriptBody, { filename });
+  this.script = new node_vm.Script(scriptBody, { filename });
   this.language = language;
   this.environment = environment;
 }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ ProcessOutputDataObject.prototype.write = function writeDataObject(broker, excha
   return broker.publish(exchange, `${routingKeyPrefix}response`, { id, name, type, value }, messageProperties);
 };
 
-const nodeRequire = module$1.createRequire(url.fileURLToPath((typeof document === 'undefined' ? require('u' + 'rl').pathToFileURL(__filename).href : (_documentCurrentScript && _documentCurrentScript.src || new URL('index.cjs', document.baseURI).href))));
+const nodeRequire = node_module.createRequire(node_url.fileURLToPath((typeof document === 'undefined' ? require('u' + 'rl').pathToFileURL(__filename).href : (_documentCurrentScript && _documentCurrentScript.src || new URL('index.cjs', document.baseURI).href))));
 const { version: engineVersion } = nodeRequire('../package.json');
 
 const kEngine = Symbol.for('engine');
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ const kTypeResolver = Symbol.for('type resolver');
 function Engine(options = {}) {
   if (!(this instanceof Engine)) return new Engine(options);
 
-  events.EventEmitter.call(this);
+  node_events.EventEmitter.call(this);
 
   const opts = (this.options = {
     Logger: Logger,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ function defaultTypeResolver(elementTypes) {
   elementTypes['bpmn:DataStoreReference'] = ProcessOutputDataObject;
 }
 
-Engine.prototype = Object.create(events.EventEmitter.prototype);
+Engine.prototype = Object.create(node_events.EventEmitter.prototype);
 
 Object.defineProperties(Engine.prototype, {
   name: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78f47c6..e857958 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/paed01"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=14"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib/",
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index e1c7fa9..3a66d67 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ export default {
       footer: 'module.exports = Object.assign(exports.default, exports);',
     },
   ],
-  external: ['module', 'url', 'vm', 'events', ...Object.keys(dependencies)],
+  external: ['node:module', 'node:url', 'node:vm', 'node:events', ...Object.keys(dependencies)],
 };
diff --git a/src/JavaScripts.js b/src/JavaScripts.js
index 314fe00..4e1d705 100644
--- a/src/JavaScripts.js
+++ b/src/JavaScripts.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Script } from 'vm';
+import { Script } from 'node:vm';
 
 export default function Scripts(disableDummy) {
   if (!(this instanceof Scripts)) return new Scripts(disableDummy);
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 6bf424e..25a4dcd 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { createRequire } from 'module';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 import BpmnModdle from 'bpmn-moddle';
 import * as Elements from 'bpmn-elements';
diff --git a/test/Engine-test.js b/test/Engine-test.js
index 6b0fe6f..8ab873e 100644
--- a/test/Engine-test.js
+++ b/test/Engine-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import * as Bpmn from '../src/index.js';
 import * as factory from './helpers/factory.js';
 import * as testHelpers from './helpers/testHelpers.js';
diff --git a/test/feature/Engine-feature.js b/test/feature/Engine-feature.js
index 4cf1e3e..ac63b6a 100644
--- a/test/feature/Engine-feature.js
+++ b/test/feature/Engine-feature.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Engine } from '../../src/index.js';
 import * as factory from '../helpers/factory.js';
 import { camundaBpmnModdle as camunda } from '../helpers/testHelpers.js';
diff --git a/test/feature/backward-compatibility-feature.js b/test/feature/backward-compatibility-feature.js
index 27e64d5..c0447be 100644
--- a/test/feature/backward-compatibility-feature.js
+++ b/test/feature/backward-compatibility-feature.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Engine } from '../../src/index.js';
 
 Feature('Backward compatability', () => {
diff --git a/test/feature/extend-feature.js b/test/feature/extend-feature.js
index b8ed55a..c6f6f65 100644
--- a/test/feature/extend-feature.js
+++ b/test/feature/extend-feature.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Activity } from 'bpmn-elements';
 import { Engine } from '../../src/index.js';
 import { camundaBpmnModdle as camunda } from '../helpers/testHelpers.js';
diff --git a/test/feature/issues-feature.js b/test/feature/issues-feature.js
index c9e8793..dc943d6 100644
--- a/test/feature/issues-feature.js
+++ b/test/feature/issues-feature.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Engine } from '../../src/index.js';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import * as factory from '../helpers/factory.js';
 
 Feature('Issues', () => {
diff --git a/test/feature/resume-feature.js b/test/feature/resume-feature.js
index e0f4fa4..0ef8e62 100644
--- a/test/feature/resume-feature.js
+++ b/test/feature/resume-feature.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import * as testHelpers from '../helpers/testHelpers.js';
 import { Engine } from '../../src/index.js';
 
diff --git a/test/helpers/factory.js b/test/helpers/factory.js
index d0b91df..0b694c9 100644
--- a/test/helpers/factory.js
+++ b/test/helpers/factory.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
 
 export function valid(definitionId) {
   if (!definitionId) definitionId = 'valid';
diff --git a/test/issues-test.js b/test/issues-test.js
index 54f2e5b..ae2cab1 100644
--- a/test/issues-test.js
+++ b/test/issues-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Engine } from '../src/index.js';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import * as factory from './helpers/factory.js';
 
 describe('issues', () => {
diff --git a/types/bpmn-engine.d.ts b/types/bpmn-engine.d.ts
index 9f43440..f2b6631 100644
--- a/types/bpmn-engine.d.ts
+++ b/types/bpmn-engine.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Author : Saeed Tabrizi
 // Refactored by : Pål Edman
 
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { Definitions as BpmnModdleDefinitions } from 'bpmn-moddle';
 import { extendFn, SerializableContext } from 'moddle-context-serializer';
 import {