diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d853f80..c425bb0 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ updates:
     interval: weekly
     day: tuesday
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  target-branch: 'master'
+- package-ecosystem: npm
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+    day: tuesday
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  target-branch: 'v1-node16'
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index db3608c..da362f5 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 queue_rules:
   - name: default
     conditions:
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ queue_rules:
 pull_request_rules:
   - name: Automatically merge on CI success and review approval
     conditions:
-      - base~=master|integ-tests
+      - base~=master|v1-node16|integ-tests
       - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
       - -approved-reviews-by~=author
       - status-success=Run Unit Tests
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
 
   - name: Automatically approve and merge Dependabot PRs
     conditions:
-      - base=master
+      - base~=master|v1-node16
       - author=dependabot[bot]
       - status-success=Run Unit Tests
       - -title~=(WIP|wip)
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 53337d3..e77b860 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ outputs:
   aws-account-id:
     description: 'The AWS account ID for the provided credentials'
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
   post: 'dist/cleanup/index.js'