Laravel: Version of Node

I'm running on a problem. My Laravel project is an old one, and I can't run npm run dev. Let's see some code:

php artisan laravel --version: Laravel Framework 5.8.38

node --version: v16.16.0 This is the actual version of Node installed

And the error when running NPM:

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v16.16.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/

> @ dev /Users/marcellopato/Documents/Sites/webroker
> npm run development

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v16.16.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/

> @ development /Users/marcellopato/Documents/Sites/webroker
> cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js

node:events:505
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:289:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js',
  path: 'node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js',
  spawnargs: [
    '--progress',
    '--hide-modules',
    '--config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js'
  ]
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ development: `cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @ development script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/marcellopato/.npm/_logs/2022-08-29T14_40_33_577Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ dev: `npm run development`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @ dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/marcellopato/.npm/_logs/2022-08-29T14_40_33_659Z-debug.log

The package.json:

    "private": true,
    "scripts": {
        "dev": "npm run development",
        "development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
        "watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
        "watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
        "hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
        "prod": "npm run production",
        "production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --no-progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "axios": "^0.18.0",
        "bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
        "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
        "jquery": "^3.2",
        "laravel-mix": "^2.1.14",
        "lodash": "^4.17.11",
        "popper.js": "^1.14.3",
        "vue": "^2.5.16",
        "vuedraggable": "^2.16.0"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "@tinymce/tinymce-vue": "^1.1.0",
        "@websanova/vue-upload": "^0.2.14-beta",
        "ajv": "^6.5.4",
        "jquery-filepond": "^1.0.0",
        "laravel-echo": "^1.4.0",
        "moment": "^2.22.2",
        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.21",
        "node-sass": "^4.9.4",
        "npm": "^6.4.1",
        "pusher-js": "^4.3.1",
        "tinymce-vue-2": "0.0.5",
        "v-calendar": "^0.9.7",
        "vlightbox": "^2.0.2",
        "vue-chat-scroll": "^1.2.0",
        "vue-google-charts": "^0.3.2",
        "vue-moment": "^4.0.0",
        "vue-scrollto": "^2.13.0",
        "vue-simple-lightbox": "^1.1.0",
        "vue-template-compiler": "^2.5.17",
        "vue-the-mask": "^0.11.1",
        "vue-toasted": "^1.1.25",
        "vue-upload-component": "^2.8.14",
        "vue-wysiwyg": "^1.7.2",
        "vue2-daterange-picker": "^0.1.1",
        "vue2-dropzone": "^3.5.2",
        "vue2-editor": "^2.6.1"
    }
}

I think the issue is relative to the actual version of Node, that is too new. Could be that? And if so, there's a way to know what version I had installed on my machine at the time I was working on the project for the first time?

Or the issue is a new one?

via Chebli Mohamed