diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dd21d6ccc1a93..337fdb5dd4544 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ references:
   defaults: &defaults
     working_directory: ~/wp-calypso
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:16.17.0
+      - image: cimg/node:18.13.0
     environment:
       CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS: /tmp/artifacts
       CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS: /tmp/test_results
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ commands:
 jobs:
   wp-desktop-assets:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:16.17.0-browsers
+      - image: cimg/node:18.13.0-browsers
     <<: *desktop_defaults
     environment:
       VERSION: << pipeline.git.tag >>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
 
   wp-desktop-linux:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:16.17.0-browsers
+      - image: cimg/node:18.13.0-browsers
     <<: *desktop_defaults
     shell: /bin/bash --login
     environment:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tooling_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tooling_request.yml
index 39744ca42a684..38961fe0077ea 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tooling_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tooling_request.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ body:
       label: Context
       description: Provide more context as applicable.
       placeholder: |
-        eg. nodeJS: 16.17.0
+        eg. nodeJS: 18.13.0
             browser: Firefox Nightly 92.0a1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/editing-toolkit-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/editing-toolkit-plugin.yml
index 7884e98931deb..16e2eed81e5be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/editing-toolkit-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/editing-toolkit-plugin.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: '^16.17.0'
+          node-version: '^18.13.0'
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@HEAD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gardening.yml b/.github/workflows/gardening.yml
index 06743184984b9..79e65ec1a9959 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gardening.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gardening.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
-         node-version: ^16.17.0
+         node-version: ^18.13.0
 
      - name: Wait for prior instances of the workflow to finish
        uses: softprops/turnstyle@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/icfy-stats.yml b/.github/workflows/icfy-stats.yml
index f8f2a6434974e..d43cbbf45d212 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/icfy-stats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/icfy-stats.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with:
-          node-version: '^16.17.0'
+          node-version: '^18.13.0'
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Fetch git history
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 2a4e4ab817083..d939939b25962 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.17.0
+18.13.0
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5cb35f2b2df43..b251504a5be45 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG use_cache=false
-ARG node_version=16.17.0
+ARG node_version=18.13.0
 ARG base_image=registry.a8c.com/calypso/base:latest
 
 ###################
diff --git a/Dockerfile.base b/Dockerfile.base
index 118480a22af66..fce0eafa40b08 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/Dockerfile.base
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #### This image is not pushed to any repository and it shouldn't be used as base image for any other docker build.
 #### Its main goal is to create a `/calypso/.cache` that can be copied over other images that can benefit from a warm cache.
 #### Note that yarn v3 cache lives in `/calypso/.yarn`
-FROM node:16.17.0-bullseye-slim as cache
+FROM node:18.13.0-bullseye-slim as cache
 
 ARG node_memory=8192
 WORKDIR /calypso
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash" ]
 
 #### base image
 #### This image can be used as a base image for other builds, or to test and build calypso.
-FROM node:16.17.0-bullseye-slim as base
+FROM node:18.13.0-bullseye-slim as base
 
 ARG node_memory=8192
 ARG user=calypso
diff --git a/apps/editing-toolkit/package.json b/apps/editing-toolkit/package.json
index 23e289413b58d..984c5972219bf 100644
--- a/apps/editing-toolkit/package.json
+++ b/apps/editing-toolkit/package.json
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		"@automattic/calypso-jest": "workspace:^",
 		"@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.2",
 		"@testing-library/react": "^12.1.3",
-		"@types/node": "^15.0.2",
+		"@types/node": "^18.11.18",
 		"@types/wordpress__plugins": "^3.0.0",
 		"@wordpress/eslint-plugin": "^12.3.0",
 		"@wordpress/jest-preset-default": "^8.2.0",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index b9bc6697ac7ab..f849020b83aa0 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
 		"mock-fs": "^5.0.0",
 		"mockdate": "^2.0.5",
 		"moment": "^2.26.0",
-		"moment-timezone": "^0.5.31",
-		"moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin": "^1.3.0",
+		"moment-timezone": "^0.5.40",
+		"moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin": "^1.5.1",
 		"nock": "^12.0.3",
 		"page": "^1.11.5",
 		"path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/client/webpack.config.js b/client/webpack.config.js
index 0f365c8445854..481050aefa447 100644
--- a/client/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.config.js
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ const webpackConfig = {
 			} ),
 		new MomentTimezoneDataPlugin( {
 			startYear: 2000,
+			endYear: 2030,
 			cacheDir: path.resolve( cachePath, 'moment-timezone' ),
 		} ),
 		new InlineConstantExportsPlugin( /\/client\/state\/action-types.js$/ ),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47a039facc0fc..272cc54fb76e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "wp-calypso",
 	"author": "Automattic Inc.",
-	"version": "16.17.0",
+	"version": "18.13.0",
 	"description": "A pure REST-API and JS based version of the WordPress.com admin.",
 	"private": true,
 	"workspaces": {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"engines": {
-		"node": "^16.17.0",
+		"node": "^18.13.0",
 		"yarn": "^3.1.1"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 		"@types/debug": "^4.1.7",
 		"@types/fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.0.0",
 		"@types/lodash": "^4.14.179",
-		"@types/node": "^16.11.26",
+		"@types/node": "^18.11.18",
 		"@types/page": "^1.11.5",
 		"@types/qs": "^6.9.7",
 		"@types/react": "^17.0.39",
diff --git a/packages/calypso-config/package.json b/packages/calypso-config/package.json
index b3c6a76a2cc26..912056a867ce9 100644
--- a/packages/calypso-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/calypso-config/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@automattic/create-calypso-config": "workspace:^",
 		"@types/cookie": "^0.4.1",
-		"@types/node": "^16.11.26",
+		"@types/node": "^18.11.18",
 		"cookie": "^0.4.1",
 		"tslib": "^2.3.0"
 	},
diff --git a/packages/calypso-e2e/package.json b/packages/calypso-e2e/package.json
index 2be0714b12786..3a55c7525274d 100644
--- a/packages/calypso-e2e/package.json
+++ b/packages/calypso-e2e/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		"@automattic/languages": "workspace:^",
 		"@jest/globals": "^27.3.1",
 		"@types/jest": "^27.4.0",
-		"@types/node": "^16.17.0",
+		"@types/node": "^18.11.18",
 		"@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
 		"@wordpress/i18n": "^4.9.0",
 		"asana-phrase": "^0.0.8",
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus-allure-reporter/package.json b/packages/jest-circus-allure-reporter/package.json
index 896a4b46cb7fa..4c3fc6a5a2f89 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus-allure-reporter/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-circus-allure-reporter/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		"@automattic/calypso-eslint-overrides": "workspace:^",
 		"@automattic/calypso-typescript-config": "workspace:^",
 		"@types/jest": "^27.4.0",
-		"@types/node": "^16.11.26",
+		"@types/node": "^18.11.18",
 		"typescript": "^4.7.4"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/wp-babel-makepot/Dockerfile b/packages/wp-babel-makepot/Dockerfile
index 203c4772fbd0b..2c595ca4d4a7a 100644
--- a/packages/wp-babel-makepot/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/wp-babel-makepot/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:16.17.0
+FROM node:18.13.0
 
 # /src is where we expect source javascript to run our babel config over
 RUN mkdir /src
diff --git a/test/e2e/README.md b/test/e2e/README.md
index 9f88e9f1e10c4..a4d0dc2def13a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/README.md
+++ b/test/e2e/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Automated end-to-end acceptance tests for the [wp-calypso](https://github.com/Au
 
 Calypso E2E requires the following:
 
-- [NodeJS 16.17.0](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.17.0/) or higher
+- [NodeJS 18.13.0](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.17.0/) or higher
 - [TypeScript 4.5](https://www.staging-typescript.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-4-5.html) or higher
 - [Playwright 1.28](https://playwright.dev/docs/release-notes#version-128) or higher
 - [yarn 3.1](https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry) or higher
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f743b00f11984..d613a7d3e37be 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@automattic/calypso-typescript-config": "workspace:^"
     "@automattic/create-calypso-config": "workspace:^"
     "@types/cookie": ^0.4.1
-    "@types/node": ^16.11.26
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     cookie: ^0.4.1
     tslib: ^2.3.0
     typescript: ^4.7.4
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@automattic/languages": "workspace:^"
     "@jest/globals": ^27.3.1
     "@types/jest": ^27.4.0
-    "@types/node": ^16.17.0
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     "@types/node-fetch": ^2.6.1
     "@types/totp-generator": ^0.0.3
     "@wordpress/i18n": ^4.9.0
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@automattic/calypso-typescript-config": "workspace:^"
     "@types/allure-js-commons": ^0.0.1
     "@types/jest": ^27.4.0
-    "@types/node": ^16.11.26
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     allure-js-commons: 2.0.0-beta.9
     typescript: ^4.7.4
   languageName: unknown
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@sentry/browser": ^7.11.1
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": ^5.16.2
     "@testing-library/react": ^12.1.3
-    "@types/node": ^15.0.2
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     "@types/wordpress__plugins": ^3.0.0
     "@wordpress/a11y": ^3.9.0
     "@wordpress/api-fetch": ^6.6.0
@@ -6845,10 +6845,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node@npm:*, @types/node@npm:^16.11.26, @types/node@npm:^16.17.0":
-  version: 16.18.11
-  resolution: "@types/node@npm:16.18.11"
-  checksum: 7bdf5e865a7959a72881ede19a882219f9d0baadf9ef8fdf24523291d401a7fc43bf91aa3223b1961ca54e1363f542cc4d60c8b00a70b457b2e9439b82adac70
+"@types/node@npm:*, @types/node@npm:^18.11.18":
+  version: 18.11.18
+  resolution: "@types/node@npm:18.11.18"
+  checksum: 1a308a03a7c1cfced411fc3187e49a507ab2b3ce7cdf0794b7511c8843aae5a8dbe52b16ba4217d2da1c8e3c50920c272b45fecff4cccc26606be7f42c33f4f5
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -6866,13 +6866,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node@npm:^15.0.2":
-  version: 15.14.9
-  resolution: "@types/node@npm:15.14.9"
-  checksum: fe5b69cffd20f97c814d568c1d791b3c367f9efa6567a18d2c15cd73c5437f47bcff73a2e10bdfe59f90ce7df47e6cc3c6d431c76d2213bf6099e8ab5d16d355
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/normalize-package-data@npm:^2.4.0":
   version: 2.4.0
   resolution: "@types/normalize-package-data@npm:2.4.0"
@@ -8010,36 +8003,36 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:^1.1.1":
-  version: 1.1.1
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:1.1.1"
+"@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:^1.2.0":
+  version: 1.2.0
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/configtest@npm:1.2.0"
   peerDependencies:
     webpack: 4.x.x || 5.x.x
     webpack-cli: 4.x.x
-  checksum: 905e86d4075ac93411e1e7673060373b4a9770426a6d476aa99842399d4b6cc1a0cc3380a811a5285c012fd48ba2ee9d2153a650d842c0f3085e997e3608412d
+  checksum: 560e4dbd92fc6e4f574654fb1325b90d02c634bcdf8564c22b0e44c1ecf8db828fbea9f20d0546fa809002bd27b1b6f544f74b13bd5ccdee64e8e9368df46cc2
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/info@npm:^1.4.1":
-  version: 1.4.1
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/info@npm:1.4.1"
+"@webpack-cli/info@npm:^1.5.0":
+  version: 1.5.0
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/info@npm:1.5.0"
   dependencies:
     envinfo: ^7.7.3
   peerDependencies:
     webpack-cli: 4.x.x
-  checksum: 1381c7f8ffacc80414648a5fe38f222a27501d31f5463042ff5e9ffb24100330ea736d307502d5fcad7fecf1019691e5b4a417cda18b329d4b4327500bc6c4af
+  checksum: 3e7c7ceb30b15fecdf5b5492494fbc76accee27748445c04f2bf66d0c036793b59ae7c27f5f4f6013a500aeae82762244c51f49c1de3d046e0b2dcfe163b642b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@webpack-cli/serve@npm:^1.6.1":
-  version: 1.6.1
-  resolution: "@webpack-cli/serve@npm:1.6.1"
+"@webpack-cli/serve@npm:^1.7.0":
+  version: 1.7.0
+  resolution: "@webpack-cli/serve@npm:1.7.0"
   peerDependencies:
     webpack-cli: 4.x.x
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     webpack-dev-server:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 0aca33a1a590d580a1bda87d6b9794db8725fbf5a7731997733a221e57d25bb70499429e8837755ff7c578674665fd970dde124c8e26fba41c398ad200deb816
+  checksum: a2045c6ada073c517820424f97264a99c809e8bfdef866f5af7ceaefff44580351e9713b06d68e326469bd170111e370942825adcdac7eb242b2ee4343458a81
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -11805,8 +11798,8 @@ __metadata:
     mock-fs: ^5.0.0
     mockdate: ^2.0.5
     moment: ^2.26.0
-    moment-timezone: ^0.5.31
-    moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin: ^1.3.0
+    moment-timezone: ^0.5.40
+    moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin: ^1.5.1
     nock: ^12.0.3
     page: ^1.11.5
     path-browserify: ^1.0.1
@@ -23329,25 +23322,25 @@ fsevents@^1.2.7:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin@npm:^1.3.0":
-  version: 1.3.0
-  resolution: "moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin@npm:1.3.0"
+"moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin@npm:^1.5.1":
+  version: 1.5.1
+  resolution: "moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin@npm:1.5.1"
   dependencies:
     find-cache-dir: ^3.0.0
     make-dir: ^3.0.0
   peerDependencies:
     moment-timezone: ">= 0.1.0"
     webpack: 4.x.x || 5.x.x
-  checksum: f83390e29f135443e448422db3fab504bfb463ee659abe9fba46380a17f1459e088ee97038179130aefe2db5a41905d3b91120aaac9e6b1359aa18492fdf7b52
+  checksum: 2725039dc7bad7084413584d7033f43bfd77ab844a84d8ecc9c0fa544d6e8ac613ff0df897c2adcaacf7b9897fbf8d2c955ee1b2975c5eafcf1df9ea362a492a
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"moment-timezone@npm:^0.5.31":
-  version: 0.5.31
-  resolution: "moment-timezone@npm:0.5.31"
+"moment-timezone@npm:^0.5.31, moment-timezone@npm:^0.5.40":
+  version: 0.5.40
+  resolution: "moment-timezone@npm:0.5.40"
   dependencies:
     moment: ">= 2.9.0"
-  checksum: e33b5312e6dd2b4fd093eb92fe4af746b40b8a7bd74b17a024ad9823306dcf557bf32dfe6873cac1940e9437b54ca5bda50fdea9a0618fc33adb151cf1904e1b
+  checksum: 448248744d89959f0d33640aa25493eb7d772c5e76d1e7ccd2d30d221e1a0b90bee22e9637ea3317087292500d8e28a195dfa0e6e5ecf485621abbbbe5d5fb8b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -33052,16 +33045,16 @@ resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
   linkType: hard
 
 "webpack-cli@npm:^4.9.1, webpack-cli@npm:^4.9.2":
-  version: 4.9.2
-  resolution: "webpack-cli@npm:4.9.2"
+  version: 4.10.0
+  resolution: "webpack-cli@npm:4.10.0"
   dependencies:
     "@discoveryjs/json-ext": ^0.5.0
-    "@webpack-cli/configtest": ^1.1.1
-    "@webpack-cli/info": ^1.4.1
-    "@webpack-cli/serve": ^1.6.1
+    "@webpack-cli/configtest": ^1.2.0
+    "@webpack-cli/info": ^1.5.0
+    "@webpack-cli/serve": ^1.7.0
     colorette: ^2.0.14
     commander: ^7.0.0
-    execa: ^5.0.0
+    cross-spawn: ^7.0.3
     fastest-levenshtein: ^1.0.12
     import-local: ^3.0.2
     interpret: ^2.2.0
@@ -33080,7 +33073,7 @@ resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
       optional: true
   bin:
     webpack-cli: bin/cli.js
-  checksum: 42666e258bd44f0f0374de0bff696ee7d87dbc31fb7c17fd24aab44d99ab278aafb888a3f62953362436c2d8c37274dc19e2ef36cfac00d3887ac77f92e72656
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   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -33631,7 +33624,7 @@ resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
     "@types/fast-json-stable-stringify": ^2.0.0
     "@types/gtag.js": ^0.0.10
     "@types/lodash": ^4.14.179
-    "@types/node": ^16.11.26
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     "@types/page": ^1.11.5
     "@types/qs": ^6.9.7
     "@types/react": ^17.0.39