diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9f3ab2b2..15e9bb476 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ docs/vendor
 
 chart/dev-backing-services/charts
 chart/dev-backing-services/tmpcharts
-
-# Work around https://github.com/shelfio/jest-mongodb/issues/214
-/globalConfig.json
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e6153df3c..9677a4b9a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         "typescript": "^4.7.4"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16"
+        "node": "16"
       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
         "bufferutil": "^4.0.6",