diff --git a/.changeset/long-moles-attend.md b/.changeset/long-moles-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3126833f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-moles-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@verdaccio/search-indexer': patch
+---
+
+fix: remove node engine restriction
diff --git a/packages/search-indexer/package.json b/packages/search-indexer/package.json
index 8f748c935..8441bf445 100644
--- a/packages/search-indexer/package.json
+++ b/packages/search-indexer/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "verdaccio"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18"
+    "node": ">=12"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "rimraf ./build",