diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/bundlers/esbuild/bundler_target.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/bundlers/esbuild/bundler_target.ts
index 0d63992c38..fcd7c5e6ce 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/bundlers/esbuild/bundler_target.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/bundlers/esbuild/bundler_target.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const versionMap = {
   16: 'node16',
   18: 'node18',
   20: 'node20',
+  22: 'node22',
 } as const
 
 type VersionValues = (typeof versionMap)[keyof typeof versionMap]
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.ts
index 194320bac4..e70c7c06cf 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const getNodeRuntimeForV2 = (input: string | undefined): string | undefin
   const version = parseVersion(input)
 
   // If version was unable to be parsed or if the version is older than Node.js 18
-  // we return the current default Node.js version (which was Node.js 18 while writing this).
+  // we return the current default Node.js version (which was Node.js 22 while writing this).
   // Here we do not want BB/FO to decide on the version, because they value AWS_LAMBDA_JS_RUNTIME, which
   // might be set to an too old version
   if (!version || version < minimumV2Version) {
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.ts
index 1e3188a65c..a3dd91abbd 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/src/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export interface NodeVersionSupport {
 }
 
 // Must match the default version used in Bitballoon.
-export const DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = 18
+export const DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = 22
 
 export const getNodeVersion = (configVersion?: string) => parseVersion(configVersion) ?? DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION
 
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/esbuild.test.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/esbuild.test.ts
index eb2f0576bc..6c92eb9273 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/esbuild.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/esbuild.test.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ describe('esbuild', () => {
     await zipFixture('node-module-optional-catch-binding', {
       opts: {
         archiveFormat: ARCHIVE_FORMAT.NONE,
-        config: { '*': { nodeBundler: NODE_BUNDLER.ESBUILD, nodeVersion: '18.x' } },
+        config: { '*': { nodeBundler: NODE_BUNDLER.ESBUILD, nodeVersion: '22.x' } },
       },
     })
 
-    expect(build).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ target: ['node18'] }))
+    expect(build).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ target: ['node22'] }))
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.test.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.test.ts
index bb02afec1c..67b4c30e21 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_runtime.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe('getNodeRuntime', () => {
     ['nodejs16.x', 'nodejs16.x'],
     ['nodejs18.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
     ['nodejs20.x', 'nodejs20.x'],
+    ['nodejs22.x', 'nodejs22.x'],
     ['14.x', 'nodejs14.x'],
     ['v16.x', 'nodejs16.x'],
     ['18.0.0', 'nodejs18.x'],
@@ -21,17 +22,17 @@ describe('getNodeRuntime', () => {
 
 describe('getNodeRuntimeForV2', () => {
   test.each([
-    ['nodejs12.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
-    ['nodejs16.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
+    ['nodejs12.x', 'nodejs22.x'],
+    ['nodejs16.x', 'nodejs22.x'],
     ['nodejs18.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
     ['nodejs20.x', 'nodejs20.x'],
-    ['14.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
-    ['v16.x', 'nodejs18.x'],
+    ['14.x', 'nodejs22.x'],
+    ['v16.x', 'nodejs22.x'],
     ['18.0.0', 'nodejs18.x'],
     ['20.0.0', 'nodejs20.x'],
-    ['v14.2.0', 'nodejs18.x'],
-    ['14.1', 'nodejs18.x'],
-    [':shrug:', 'nodejs18.x'],
+    ['v14.2.0', 'nodejs22.x'],
+    ['14.1', 'nodejs22.x'],
+    [':shrug:', 'nodejs22.x'],
     ['99.0.0', undefined],
   ])('handles `%s`', (input, expected) => {
     expect(getNodeRuntimeForV2(input)).toBe(expected)
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.test.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.test.ts
index c4cd321c0c..37c0e1b39a 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/unit/runtimes/node/utils/node_version.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('getNodeVersion', () => {
     ['nodejs16.x', 16],
     ['nodejs18.x', 18],
     ['nodejs20.x', 20],
+    ['nodejs22.x', 22],
     ['18.x', 18],
     ['node16', 16],
     ['14.1.1', 14],
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ describe('parseVersion', () => {
     ['nodejs12.x', 12],
     ['nodejs18.x', 18],
     ['nodejs20.x', 20],
+    ['nodejs22.x', 22],
     ['18.x', 18],
     ['node14', 14],
     ['14.1.1', 14],
diff --git a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/v2api.test.ts b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/v2api.test.ts
index a79c6348ac..fbcf7f03fe 100644
--- a/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/v2api.test.ts
+++ b/packages/zip-it-and-ship-it/tests/v2api.test.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ describe.runIf(semver.gte(nodeVersion, '18.13.0'))('V2 functions API', () => {
       },
     })
 
-    expect(files[0].runtimeVersion).toBe('nodejs18.x')
+    expect(files[0].runtimeVersion).toBe('nodejs22.x')
   })
 
   test('Returns Node.js 18 if invalid version is set', async () => {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe.runIf(semver.gte(nodeVersion, '18.13.0'))('V2 functions API', () => {
       },
     })
 
-    expect(files[0].runtimeVersion).toBe('nodejs18.x')
+    expect(files[0].runtimeVersion).toBe('nodejs22.x')
   })
 
   test('Returns no Node.js version if version is newer than 18 but not a valid runtime', async () => {