diff --git a/.github/workflows/versions.yml b/.github/workflows/versions.yml
index 9422a111f..3ef717c18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versions.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify node
         run: __tests__/verify-node.sh 14
 
+  version-file-volta:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Remove engines from package.json
+        shell: bash
+        run: cat <<< "$(jq 'del(.engines)' ./__tests__/data/package.json)" > ./__tests__/data/package.json
+      - name: Setup node from node version file
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '__tests__/data/package.json'
+      - name: Verify node
+        run: __tests__/verify-node.sh 14
+
   node-dist:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/__tests__/data/package.json b/__tests__/data/package.json
index b201009d6..915f287a3 100644
--- a/__tests__/data/package.json
+++ b/__tests__/data/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.0.0"
+  },
+  "volta": {
+    "node": "14.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/__tests__/installer.test.ts b/__tests__/installer.test.ts
index c1e16b5fc..5cf55f779 100644
--- a/__tests__/installer.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/installer.test.ts
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ describe('setup-node', () => {
       existsSpy.mockImplementationOnce(
         input => input === path.join(__dirname, 'data', versionFile)
       );
+
       // Act
       await main.run();
 
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 899b0e2e6..5b744d723 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -73530,29 +73530,25 @@ function translateArchToDistUrl(arch) {
     }
 }
 function parseNodeVersionFile(contents) {
-    var _a, _b;
+    var _a, _b, _c;
     let nodeVersion;
-    // Try parsing the file as an NPM `package.json`
-    // file.
+    // Try parsing the file as an NPM `package.json` file.
     try {
-        nodeVersion = (_a = JSON.parse(contents).engines) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.node;
+        nodeVersion = (_a = JSON.parse(contents).volta) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.node;
+        if (!nodeVersion)
+            nodeVersion = (_b = JSON.parse(contents).engines) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.node;
     }
-    catch (_c) {
+    catch (_d) {
         core.warning('Node version file is not JSON file');
     }
     if (!nodeVersion) {
-        try {
-            const found = contents.match(/^(?:nodejs\s+)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m);
-            nodeVersion = (_b = found === null || found === void 0 ? void 0 : found.groups) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.version;
-            if (!nodeVersion)
-                throw new Error();
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-            // In the case of an unknown format,
-            // return as is and evaluate the version separately.
-            nodeVersion = contents.trim();
-        }
+        const found = contents.match(/^(?:nodejs\s+)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m);
+        nodeVersion = (_c = found === null || found === void 0 ? void 0 : found.groups) === null || _c === void 0 ? void 0 : _c.version;
     }
+    // In the case of an unknown format,
+    // return as is and evaluate the version separately.
+    if (!nodeVersion)
+        nodeVersion = contents.trim();
     return nodeVersion;
 }
 exports.parseNodeVersionFile = parseNodeVersionFile;
diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage.md b/docs/advanced-usage.md
index 8af1b2422..c0f649a94 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-usage.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-usage.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ steps:
 - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
   with:
-    node-version: '14'
+    node-version: '16'
     check-latest: true
 - run: npm ci
 - run: npm test
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ steps:
 
 ## Node version file
 
-The `node-version-file` input accepts a path to a file containing the version of Node.js to be used by a project, for example `.nvmrc`, `.node-version` or `.tool-versions`. If both the `node-version` and the `node-version-file` inputs are provided then the `node-version` input is used.
-See [supported version syntax](https://github.com/actions/setup-node#supported-version-syntax)
+The `node-version-file` input accepts a path to a file containing the version of Node.js to be used by a project, for example `.nvmrc`, `.node-version`, `.tool-versions`, or `package.json`. If both the `node-version` and the `node-version-file` inputs are provided then the `node-version` input is used.
+See [supported version syntax](https://github.com/actions/setup-node#supported-version-syntax).
+
 > The action will search for the node version file relative to the repository root.
 
 ```yaml
@@ -70,6 +71,19 @@ steps:
 - run: npm test
 ```
 
+When using the `package.json` input, the action will look for `volta.node` first. If `volta.node` isn't defined, then it will look for `engines.node`.
+
+```json
+{
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+  },
+  "volta": {
+    "node": "16.0.0"
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Architecture
 
 You can use any of the [supported operating systems](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners), and the compatible `architecture` can be selected using `architecture`. Values are `x86`, `x64`, `arm64`, `armv6l`, `armv7l`, `ppc64le`, `s390x` (not all of the architectures are available on all platforms).
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index c74fbc97c..bd9c8423d 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -497,27 +497,23 @@ function translateArchToDistUrl(arch: string): string {
 export function parseNodeVersionFile(contents: string): string {
   let nodeVersion: string | undefined;
 
-  // Try parsing the file as an NPM `package.json`
-  // file.
+  // Try parsing the file as an NPM `package.json` file.
   try {
-    nodeVersion = JSON.parse(contents).engines?.node;
+    nodeVersion = JSON.parse(contents).volta?.node;
+    if (!nodeVersion) nodeVersion = JSON.parse(contents).engines?.node;
   } catch {
     core.warning('Node version file is not JSON file');
   }
 
   if (!nodeVersion) {
-    try {
-      const found = contents.match(/^(?:nodejs\s+)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m);
-      nodeVersion = found?.groups?.version;
-
-      if (!nodeVersion) throw new Error();
-    } catch (err) {
-      // In the case of an unknown format,
-      // return as is and evaluate the version separately.
-      nodeVersion = contents.trim();
-    }
+    const found = contents.match(/^(?:nodejs\s+)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m);
+    nodeVersion = found?.groups?.version;
   }
 
+  // In the case of an unknown format,
+  // return as is and evaluate the version separately.
+  if (!nodeVersion) nodeVersion = contents.trim();
+
   return nodeVersion as string;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index ac7e51f5c..d43614e6c 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -95,14 +95,17 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
       process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE!,
       versionFileInput
     );
+
     if (!fs.existsSync(versionFilePath)) {
       throw new Error(
         `The specified node version file at: ${versionFilePath} does not exist`
       );
     }
+
     version = installer.parseNodeVersionFile(
       fs.readFileSync(versionFilePath, 'utf8')
     );
+
     core.info(`Resolved ${versionFileInput} as ${version}`);
   }
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 8405b0a1f..84dd72010 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "rootDir": "./src",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strict": true,                           /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
-    "noImplicitAny": false,                 /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
+    "noImplicitAny": false,                   /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
     "esModuleInterop": true                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
   },
   "exclude": ["__tests__", "lib", "node_modules"]