diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd0219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83946e6..14c3401 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
     "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/jest/bin/jest --runInBand",
     "test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json"
   },
+  "engines": {
+    "npm": ">=8.0.0",
+    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nestjs/common": "^10.3.2",
     "@nestjs/core": "^10.4.4",