diff --git a/.codesandbox/ci.json b/.codesandbox/ci.json
index ca72bb41e8229c..2cd7dc2ea27a1e 100644
--- a/.codesandbox/ci.json
+++ b/.codesandbox/ci.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "buildCommand": "build:codesandbox",
   "packages": ["packages/react", "packages/react-components/react-components"],
   "sandboxes": ["x5u3t", "spnyu"],
-  "node": "14"
+  "node": "16"
 }
diff --git a/.devops/templates/tools.yml b/.devops/templates/tools.yml
index 5b8b5d5004929c..808451359407fe 100644
--- a/.devops/templates/tools.yml
+++ b/.devops/templates/tools.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 steps:
   - task: NodeTool@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: '14.18.1'
+      versionSpec: '16.18.1'
       checkLatest: false
     displayName: 'Install Node.js'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/check-packages.yml
index 26c19808851d00..fc352c1c4a7158 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-packages.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.18.1
+          node-version: 16.18.1
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v34
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.18.1
+          node-version: 16.18.1
 
       - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.18.1
+          node-version: 16.18.1
 
       - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-chromatic.yml b/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-chromatic.yml
index fc8ef562d8eba7..20610ef7235f29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-chromatic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-chromatic.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.18.1
+          node-version: 16.18.1
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install packages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-ghpages.yml b/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-ghpages.yml
index f358f4ce03052a..6cc781319d3985 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-ghpages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docsite-publish-ghpages.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14.18.1
+          node-version: 16.18.1
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install packages
diff --git a/change/@fluentui-global-context-bd251f47-0c11-4359-86a3-0ddfbab981a4.json b/change/@fluentui-global-context-bd251f47-0c11-4359-86a3-0ddfbab981a4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fe5f8da92b5095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-global-context-bd251f47-0c11-4359-86a3-0ddfbab981a4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "none",
+  "comment": "chore: update internal types to reflect node 16 types",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/global-context",
+  "email": "martinhochel@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "none"
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9621807e777e3..a86ad0a03c512d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^14.18.1 || ^16.0.0"
+    "node": "^16.18.1 || ^18.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lage build --verbose",
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     "@types/lodash": "4.14.182",
     "@types/markdown-table": "2.0.0",
     "@types/micromatch": "4.0.2",
-    "@types/node": "14.18.32",
+    "@types/node": "16.18.1",
     "@types/node-fetch": "2.5.7",
     "@types/prettier": "2.7.2",
     "@types/progress": "2.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/react-components/global-context/src/types.ts b/packages/react-components/global-context/src/types.ts
index 0010ac80544e83..79a9007e8228b3 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/global-context/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/global-context/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-export type GlobalObject = (typeof globalThis | NodeJS.Global) & Record<symbol, React.Context<unknown>>;
+export type GlobalObject = typeof globalThis & Record<symbol, React.Context<unknown>>;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2ce3a8d3ab13fd..730a36ee10b92e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5750,10 +5750,10 @@
     "@types/node" "*"
     form-data "^3.0.0"
 
-"@types/node@*", "@types/node@14.18.32", "@types/node@>=10.0.0", "@types/node@^14.0.10 || ^16.0.0", "@types/node@^14.14.20 || ^16.0.0", "@types/node@^14.14.31":
-  version "14.18.32"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.18.32.tgz#8074f7106731f1a12ba993fe8bad86ee73905014"
-  integrity sha512-Y6S38pFr04yb13qqHf8uk1nHE3lXgQ30WZbv1mLliV9pt0NjvqdWttLcrOYLnXbOafknVYRHZGoMSpR9UwfYow==
+"@types/node@*", "@types/node@16.18.1", "@types/node@>=10.0.0", "@types/node@^14.0.10 || ^16.0.0", "@types/node@^14.14.20 || ^16.0.0":
+  version "16.18.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.18.1.tgz#fd860a5efc505a5417d25a99cbff78077447a391"
+  integrity sha512-Z659t5cj2Tt2SaqbJxXRo5EaU86E4l2CxtklCY1VftxYXhR81Z75UsugwdI7l5MUAR1I+l8sdt3B5Y++ZV76WQ==
 
 "@types/node@10.17.13", "@types/node@^10.12.18":
   version "10.17.13"
@@ -5770,6 +5770,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-11.15.54.tgz#59ed60e7b0d56905a654292e8d73275034eb6283"
   integrity sha512-1RWYiq+5UfozGsU6MwJyFX6BtktcT10XRjvcAQmskCtMcW3tPske88lM/nHv7BQG1w9KBXI1zPGuu5PnNCX14g==
 
+"@types/node@^14.14.31":
+  version "14.18.32"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-14.18.32.tgz#8074f7106731f1a12ba993fe8bad86ee73905014"
+  integrity sha512-Y6S38pFr04yb13qqHf8uk1nHE3lXgQ30WZbv1mLliV9pt0NjvqdWttLcrOYLnXbOafknVYRHZGoMSpR9UwfYow==
+
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz#e486d0d97396d79beedd0a6e33f4534ff6b4973e"