diff --git a/.github/workflows/full_build.yml b/.github/workflows/full_build.yml
index 8a180059..a46163f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full_build.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     needs: ['install_gems']
     steps:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     needs: ['install_gems', 'install_yarn']
     steps:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Setup Node.js environment
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
     needs: ['install_yarn']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node: [12]
+        node: [13.14]
         ruby: [2.6.6]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 63c13a93..765200a6 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-12.0
+13.14
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3430454..100a07ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ which make development much easier.
 These include:
 
 * PostgreSQL 10 or 11
-* NodeJS 12 LTS
+* NodeJS 13 (we require 13 or higher because we want the full internationalization built-in)
 * Ruby 2.6.6 (NOTE: the default of Ruby 2.7.1 in Debian should 
 function but you will receive a ton of deprecation
 warnings from Ruby)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ You'll want to run the next commands as root or via sudo (for Ubuntu 18.04 users
 ```bash
 apt update
 apt install curl -yy
-curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash -
+curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | bash -
 curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add -
 echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
 apt update