diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 57f34daf..88c28765 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 12
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18.x]
+        node-version: [20.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 24f5b0b7..c568d104 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: lint
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
-        node-version: '16.x'
+        node-version: '20.x'
     - run: npm install
     - run: npm run lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
index c39bbd8a..d8fb5d80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 20
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm run build --if-present
       - run: npm run test-ci
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
           registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com/
       - name: Insert repository owner as scope into package name
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2a05d663..feae2d02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         # node-14's npm must be updated, but no longer updatable due to:
         #   https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2663
         # because of this, node-14 test strategy is removed :(
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 19.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36ef60ce..5648c334 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # changelog
 
- * 2.3.0 _May.30.2023_
+ * 2.3.0 _May.31.2023_
    * [add initial support](https://github.com/iambumblehead/esmock/pull/205) for the solution to "globalThis" mocks,
    * support injecting definitions into the mock import tree,
    * demonstrate mock setTimeout, fetch and Date scenarious at unit-tests
+   * [remove node 19](https://github.com/iambumblehead/esmock/pull/206) test job, update remaining jobs to use node 20
  * 2.2.3 _May.16.2023_
    * [add node v21 nightly](https://github.com/iambumblehead/esmock/pull/199) to test ci pipeline
    * send wide uri definitions to loader using loader worker