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+v16
diff --git a/documentation/First-time-setup.md b/documentation/First-time-setup.md
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 * PostgreSQL >= 10, client, server and C libraries
 * [ElasticSearch](https://www.elastic.co/) 8. To avoid a lot of errors, choose the option: install elasticsearch with .zip or .tar.gz. ES wil install everything in one folder, and not all over your machine, which happens with other options.
 * [Redis](https://www.redis.io/). Recommended installation is [installing from source](https://redis.io/docs/getting-started/installation/install-redis-from-source/)
-* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
+* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/). See [.nvmrc](/.nvmrc) for the recommended version.
 * [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/)
 
 The documentation includes a [recipe for installing the prerequisites on Debian 10](./documentation/Local-Debian-I-Analyzer-setup.md)