diff --git a/.VERSION b/.VERSION
index c60d416f..3a3fd047 100644
--- a/.VERSION
+++ b/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v6.2.0-beta.1
\ No newline at end of file
+v7.0.0-beta.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta-node18.yml b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta-node18.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9e16812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta-node18.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Github action to build Docker image from beta branch (tag: beta)
+name: Build debian beta-node18
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [prereleased]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-beta-node18-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Getting published prerelease tag
+        run: echo "RELEASE_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: 'buanet/ioBroker.docker'
+          ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+
+      - name: Get and write version and date
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(cat .VERSION)"
+          MAJORVERSION="$(cat .VERSION | cut -c 1-2 | sed -r 's#^(.{0})#\1latest-#')"
+          DATI="$(date --rfc-3339=seconds | sed 's/ /T/')"
+          echo "This is the Version: $VERSION"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "This is the Major Version: $MAJORVERSION"
+          echo "majorversion=$MAJORVERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "This is the Buildnumber/Timestamp: $DATI"
+          echo "dati=$DATI" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # startup script
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${BUILD}/$DATI/" ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh > ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp
+          mv -f ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh
+          # amd64
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node18/Dockerfile > ./debian/node18/Dockerfile.tmp 
+          mv -f ./debian/node18/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+
+      - name: Set up manifest tool
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/estesp/manifest-tool/releases/download/v0.7.0/manifest-tool-linux-amd64 -O manifest-tool
+          chmod +x manifest-tool
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2.0.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2.0.0
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2.0.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }}
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-amd64)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-amd64,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-amd64
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-arm32v7)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/arm/v7
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-arm32v7,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-arm32v7
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-arm64v8)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/arm64/v8
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-arm64v8,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:${{ env.version }}-node18-arm64v8
+
+      - name: Create and push manifests
+        run: |
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/beta-node18/g" ./manifest.yml > manifest_beta-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_beta-node18.yaml
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/beta-node18/g" ./manifest_ghcr.yml > manifest_ghcr_beta-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_ghcr_beta-node18.yaml
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" ./manifest.yml > manifest_version-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_version-node18.yaml
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/${{ env.version }}-node18/g" ./manifest_ghcr.yml > manifest_ghcr_version-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_ghcr_version-node18.yaml
+
+      - name: Delete untagged images from GitHub packages
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }}
+          script: |
+            const response = await github.request("GET /users/${{ env.OWNER }}/packages/container/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/versions",
+              { per_page: ${{ env.PER_PAGE }}
+            });
+            for(version of response.data) {
+                if (version.metadata.container.tags.length == 0) {
+                    console.log("delete " + version.id)
+                    const deleteResponse = await github.request("DELETE /user/packages/container/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/versions/" + version.id, { });
+                    console.log("status " + deleteResponse.status)
+                }
+            }
+        env:
+          OWNER: buanet
+          PACKAGE_NAME: iobroker
+          PER_PAGE: 100      
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta.yml b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta.yml
index ae5b8ac9..a06e63aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-beta.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
           sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${BUILD}/$DATI/" ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh > ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp
           mv -f ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh
           # amd64
-          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node14/Dockerfile > ./debian/node14/Dockerfile.tmp 
-          mv -f ./debian/node14/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node16/Dockerfile > ./debian/node16/Dockerfile.tmp 
+          mv -f ./debian/node16/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
 
       - name: Set up manifest tool
         run: |
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/amd64
           tags: |
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/arm/v7
           tags: |
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/arm64/v8
           tags: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev-node18.yml b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev-node18.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1650967c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev-node18.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# Github action to build Docker image from dev branch (tag: dev)
+name: Build debian dev-node18
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-dev-node18-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo (dev)
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: 'buanet/ioBroker.docker'
+          ref: 'main'
+
+      - name: Get and write version and date
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(cat .VERSION)"
+          MAJORVERSION="$(cat .VERSION | cut -c 1-2 | sed -r 's#^(.{0})#\1latest-#')"
+          DATI="$(date --rfc-3339=seconds | sed 's/ /T/')"
+          echo "This is the Version: $VERSION"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "This is the Major Version: $MAJORVERSION"
+          echo "majorversion=$MAJORVERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "This is the Buildnumber/Timestamp: $DATI"
+          echo "dati=$DATI" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # startup script
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION-dev/" -e "s/\${BUILD}/$DATI/" ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh > ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp
+          mv -f ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh
+          # amd64
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION-dev/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node18/Dockerfile > ./debian/node18/Dockerfile.tmp 
+          mv -f ./debian/node18/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+
+      - name: Set up manifest tool
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/estesp/manifest-tool/releases/download/v0.7.0/manifest-tool-linux-amd64 -O manifest-tool
+          chmod +x manifest-tool
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2.0.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        id: buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2.0.0
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2.0.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2.0.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }}
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-amd64)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-amd64,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-amd64
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-arm32v7)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/arm/v7
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-arm32v7,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-arm32v7
+
+      - name: Build Docker image (node18-arm64v8)
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          context: ./debian
+          file: ./debian/node18/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          platforms: linux/arm64/v8
+          tags: |
+            buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-arm64v8,
+            ghcr.io/buanet/iobroker:dev-node18-arm64v8
+
+      - name: Create and push manifests
+        run: |
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/dev-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/dev-node18/g" ./manifest.yml > manifest_dev-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_dev-node18.yaml
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/dev-node18/g" -e "s/\${DOCKERTAG}/dev-node18/g" ./manifest_ghcr.yml > manifest_ghcr_dev-node18.yaml
+          ./manifest-tool --username ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_USER }} --password ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }} push from-spec manifest_ghcr_dev-node18.yaml
+
+      - name: Delete untagged images from GitHub packages
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_PASS }}
+          script: |
+            const response = await github.request("GET /users/${{ env.OWNER }}/packages/container/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/versions",
+              { per_page: ${{ env.PER_PAGE }}
+            });
+            for(version of response.data) {
+                if (version.metadata.container.tags.length == 0) {
+                    console.log("delete " + version.id)
+                    const deleteResponse = await github.request("DELETE /user/packages/container/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/versions/" + version.id, { });
+                    console.log("status " + deleteResponse.status)
+                }
+            }
+        env:
+          OWNER: buanet
+          PACKAGE_NAME: iobroker
+          PER_PAGE: 100      
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev.yml
index b530064e..31d46baf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-debian-image-dev.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION-dev/" -e "s/\${BUILD}/$DATI/" ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh > ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp
           mv -f ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.tmp ./debian/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh
           # amd64
-          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION-dev/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node14/Dockerfile > ./debian/node14/Dockerfile.tmp 
-          mv -f ./debian/node14/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION-dev/" -e "s/\${DATI}/$DATI/" ./debian/node16/Dockerfile > ./debian/node16/Dockerfile.tmp 
+          mv -f ./debian/node16/Dockerfile.tmp ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
 
       - name: Set up manifest tool
         run: |
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/amd64
           tags: |
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/arm/v7
           tags: |
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3.0.0
         with:
           context: ./debian
-          file: ./debian/node14/Dockerfile
+          file: ./debian/node16/Dockerfile
           push: true
           platforms: linux/arm64/v8
           tags: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bb9f542..b77d2732 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Changelog
-### v6.2.0-beta.1 (coming soon)
+### v7.0.0-beta.1 (16.06.2022)
+* upgrade node version to recommended node16 
 * rewrite maintenance script ([#243 by @agross](https://github.com/buanet/ioBroker.docker/pull/243))
 * enhance container shutdown on SIGTERM ([as requested with #264 by @buzz0r](https://github.com/buanet/ioBroker.docker/pull/264))
 * enhance startup script logging
diff --git a/debian/node18/Dockerfile b/debian/node18/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef9001e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/node18/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Official ioBroker Docker Image" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.description="Officical Docker image for ioBroker smarthome software (https://www.iobroker.net)" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/buanet/ioBroker.docker#readme" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.authors="André Germann <info@buanet.de>" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/buanet/ioBroker.docker" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/buanet/ioBroker.docker" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/library/debian:bullseye-slim" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="${VERSION}" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="${DATI}"
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+# Install prerequisites (including node) and generating locales
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    apt-utils \
+    cifs-utils \
+    curl \
+    gosu \
+    iputils-ping \
+    jq \
+    locales \
+    nfs-common \
+    procps \
+    python3 \
+    python3-dev \
+    sudo \
+    tar \
+    tzdata \
+    udev \
+    wget \
+    # Install node
+    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs \
+    # Install node-gyp
+    && npm install -g node-gyp \
+    # Generating locales
+    && sed -i 's/^# *\(de_DE.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen \
+    && sed -i 's/^# *\(en_US.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen \
+    && locale-gen
+
+# Create directorys and copy scripts
+COPY scripts /opt/scripts
+COPY userscripts /opt/userscripts
+RUN chmod 777 /opt/scripts/ \
+    && chmod 777 /opt/userscripts/ \
+    && chmod +x /opt/scripts/*.sh \
+    && chmod +x /opt/userscripts/*.sh
+
+# Install ioBroker
+RUN curl -sL https://iobroker.net/install.sh | bash - \
+    && mkdir -p /opt/scripts/.docker_config/ \
+    && echo "starting" > /opt/scripts/.docker_config/.healthcheck \
+    && echo "${VERSION}" > /opt/scripts/.docker_config/.thisisdocker \
+    && echo $(hostname) > /opt/.firstrun \
+    # Deleting UUID from build
+    && iobroker unsetup -y \
+    # Backup initial ioBroker and userscript folder
+    && tar -cf /opt/initial_iobroker.tar /opt/iobroker \
+    && tar -cf /opt/initial_userscripts.tar /opt/userscripts \
+    # Setting up iobroker-user (shell, home dir and rights)
+    && chsh -s /bin/bash iobroker \
+    && usermod --home /opt/iobroker iobroker \
+    && usermod -u 1000 iobroker \
+    && groupmod -g 1000 iobroker \
+    && chown root:iobroker /usr/sbin/gosu \
+    && chmod +s /usr/sbin/gosu \
+    # Clean up installation cache
+    && apt-get autoclean -y \
+    && apt-get autoremove \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
+    && rm -rf /root/.cache/* /root/.npm/* \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Setting up default ENVs
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="teletype" \
+    LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" \
+    LANGUAGE="de_DE:de" \
+    LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" \
+    SETGID=1000 \
+    SETUID=1000 \
+    TZ="Europe/Berlin"
+
+# Expose default admin ui port
+EXPOSE 8081
+
+# Change work dir
+WORKDIR /opt/iobroker/
+
+# Healthcheck
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=5s --retries=5 \
+    CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/opt/scripts/healthcheck.sh"]
+
+# Run startup-script
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/opt/scripts/iobroker_startup.sh"]