diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4fca990d..0f6a6aa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
 
+      # Node 24, not the package's `engines` floor of 22: the openclaw
+      # devDependency (2026.10+) refuses to install below Node 24.16, so
+      # `npm ci` fails on 22. Users still install fine on 22 — openclaw is
+      # dev-only here, and test/Dockerfile.install-test keeps covering 22.
       - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7.1.0
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "24"
           cache: npm
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7.1.0
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "24"
           cache: npm
 
       - run: npm ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index d0f03cf2..d5a558d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7.1.0
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "24"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Resolve versions
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile.test b/test/Dockerfile.test
index c35faa11..84b05a92 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/test/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:22-slim
+FROM node:24-slim
 
 # Install OpenClaw dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
diff --git a/test/docker/Dockerfile.edge-cases b/test/docker/Dockerfile.edge-cases
index 0ae2fd23..69343373 100644
--- a/test/docker/Dockerfile.edge-cases
+++ b/test/docker/Dockerfile.edge-cases
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Edge case testing for ClawRouter + OpenClaw integration
-FROM node:22-slim
+FROM node:24-slim
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && \
diff --git a/test/integration/Dockerfile b/test/integration/Dockerfile
index be4f5707..23f6a1e1 100644
--- a/test/integration/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/integration/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:22-slim
+FROM node:24-slim
 
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \