Create React App requires Node 14 or higher error [Solved]

# Create React App requires Node 14 or higher error [Solved]

The error "Create React App requires Node 14 or higher. Please update your version of Node" occurs because your version of Node.js is older than the minimum required by Create React App version.

To solve the error, update your versions of npm and Node.js.

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You are running Node 13.14.0.
Create React App requires Node 14 or higher.
Please update your version of Node.

At the time of writing, Create React app requires you to use Node.js >= 14.0.0 and npm >= 5.6.

You can check the requirements of the package in this section of the docs.

You can use the node --version and npm --version commands to check your versions of Node.js and npm.

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node --version

npm --version

# Update your version of npm

The first thing you should try is to update your version of npm.

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npm install -g npm@latest

# 👇️ If you get a permissions error on macOS/Linux
sudo npm install -g npm@latest

If you get a permissions error on Windows, open CMD as an administrator and rerun the command.

To open CMD as an administrator:

1. Click on the Search bar and type CMD.

2. Right-click on the Command Prompt application and click "Run as administrator".

3. Rerun the command.

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npm install -g npm@latest

npm install -g npm@latest --force

If the error persists, you have to update your version of Node.js to the long-term supported version.

You can use the node --version command to get your Node.js version.

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node --version

# Update your version of Node.js

If you use nvm, you can update your version of Node.js and npm with the following 2 commands.

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nvm install --lts

nvm use --lts

You can also use the n package to manage your Node.js version.

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npm cache clean -f
npm install -g n
n stable

If you get a permissions error when issuing the commands, open CMD as an administrator (Windows) or prefix the commands with sudo (macOS and Linux).

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sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

Alternatively, you can download the long-term supported version of Node.js from the official nodejs.org website.

If the error persists, update your version of create-react-app.