diff --git a/.changeset/update-node-20-17.md b/.changeset/update-node-20-17.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ab8d8ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/update-node-20-17.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@xmtp/react-native-sdk": patch
+---
+
+update node versions
diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
index d1ac45a1..82c52d2e 100644
--- a/.node-version
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-20.15.0
+20.17.0
 
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 90756595..3516580b 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20.15.0
+20.17.0
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index db95ab48..f0257fe6 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.20.0",
-    "@types/node": "^20.15.0",
+    "@types/node": "^20.17.6",
     "@types/react": "18.2.0",
     "@types/react-native": "0.71.8",
     "@types/text-encoding": "^0.0.39",
diff --git a/example/yarn.lock b/example/yarn.lock
index aebad0f2..8298100e 100644
--- a/example/yarn.lock
+++ b/example/yarn.lock
@@ -6283,7 +6283,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-17.0.45.tgz"
   integrity sha512-w+tIMs3rq2afQdsPJlODhoUEKzFP1ayaoyl1CcnwtIlsVe7K7bA1NGm4s3PraqTLlXnbIN84zuBlxBWo1u9BLw==
 
-"@types/node@^20.15.0":
+"@types/node@^20.17.6":
   version "20.17.10"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.17.10.tgz#3f7166190aece19a0d1d364d75c8b0b5778c1e18"
   integrity sha512-/jrvh5h6NXhEauFFexRin69nA0uHJ5gwk4iDivp/DeoEua3uwCUto6PC86IpRITBOs4+6i2I56K5x5b6WYGXHA==