diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/test-dev.yml
index 8481117..f8e70de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-dev.yml
@@ -17,15 +17,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, macos-12, macos-14, windows-2019]
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
-          - node-version: 16.x
-            platform: ubuntu-22.04
-          - node-version: 16.x
-            platform: ubuntu-24.04
-          - node-version: 16.x
-            python-version: 3.12
           - platform: ubuntu-24.04
             python-version: 3.8
 
@@ -51,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-12, macos-14, windows-2019]
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-package.yml b/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
index 875b477..5692c28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           - macos-12
           - macos-13
           - macos-14
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
           - platform: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
index be81fb8..7547f64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           - macos-12
           - macos-13
           - macos-14
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         exclude:
           - platform: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f72734..c6fa201 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-### [1.6.0]
+# [1.6.0]
  - macOS Apple Silicon prebuilt binaries
  - Tested with Node.js 22
+ - Drop Node.js 16 support
  - Drop macOS 11 support
  - Fix (and test) all compression modules on all platforms
  - Recompiling the built-in Python now requires that `conan>=2.0.0` is installed
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 1960034..5bcf8bb 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
         ['OS == "win"', {
           'msvs_settings': {
             'VCCLCompilerTool': { 
-              'ExceptionHandling': 1,
-              'AdditionalOptions': [' /std:c++14' ]
+              'ExceptionHandling': 1
             },
           },
           'conditions': [
@@ -95,11 +94,9 @@
           'xcode_settings': {
             'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
             'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',
-            'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7',
-            'OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS': [ '-std=c++14' ]
+            'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.7'
           },
           'cflags': [ '-fvisibility=hidden '],
-          'cflags_cc': [ '-std=c++14' ],
           'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
           'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
         }]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index baa5c3a..8d6dc16 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5367,9 +5367,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-addon-api": {
-      "version": "8.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-8.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yBY+qqWSv3dWKGODD6OGE6GnTX7Q2r+4+DfpqxHSHh8x0B4EKP9+wVGLS6U/AM1vxSNNmUEuIV5EGhYwPpfOwQ==",
+      "version": "8.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-8.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qnyuI2ROiCkye42n9Tj5aX1ns7rzj6n7zW1XReSnLSL9v/vbLeR6fJq6PU27YU/ICfYw6W7Ouk/N7cysWu/hlw==",
       "engines": {
         "node": "^18 || ^20 || >= 21"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6fc586..834cfbb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.3.3"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 16.0.0"
+    "node": ">= 18.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.11",
diff --git a/src/objstore.cc b/src/objstore.cc
index 8624771..8b7e2d9 100644
--- a/src/objstore.cc
+++ b/src/objstore.cc
@@ -35,15 +35,7 @@ Value PyObjectWrap::New(Napi::Env env, PyStrongRef &&obj) {
     }
     VERBOSE_PYOBJ(OBJS, *obj, "Objstore insert");
 
-    // This is a very ugly workaround for https://github.com/nodejs/node-addon-api/issues/1239
-    napi_value ext = External<PyObject>::New(env, obj.gift());
-    napi_value jsval;
-    napi_status r = napi_new_instance(env, context->pyObj->Value(), 1, &ext, &jsval);
-    if (r != napi_ok) {
-      napi_throw(env, Napi::Value());
-      return Napi::Value();
-    }
-    js = Napi::Value(env, jsval).ToObject();
+    js = context->pyObj->New({External<PyObject>::New(env, obj.gift())});
 
     auto result = ObjectWrap::Unwrap(js);
     context->object_store.insert({*result->self, result});