From b536d72c869e47eb048fc54746e4d2f384706d2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 17:56:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube] Drop support for `node<22` (#16787)

Closes #16765
Authored by: bashonly
---
 .github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml | 2 +-
 yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
index c76b9fa84c..36f973f9b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/challenge-tests.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Node
       uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e  # v6.4.0
       with:
-        node-version: '20.0'  # minimum supported version
+        node-version: '22.0'  # minimum supported version
     - name: Install QuickJS (Linux)
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
       shell: bash
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
index 0abd6f4280..a1a647e670 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_jsruntime.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class BunJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
 
 
 class NodeJsRuntime(JsRuntime):
-    MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION = (20, 0, 0)
+    MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION = (22, 0, 0)
 
     def _info(self):
         path = _determine_runtime_path(self._path, 'node')