diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf5aa7061..da14dd293 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/blob/master/CO
 - Cucumber Expressions now support a wider array of parameter types (see [documentation](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-expressions#parameter-types))
 - Improved styling and usability on report from `html` formatter
 
+### Fixed
+- Warn users who are on an unsupported node version ([#1922](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/1922))
+
 ### Changed
 - Switch from `colors` to `chalk` for terminal coloring ([#1895](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/pull/1895))
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c910567ae..925b32293 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "progress": "^2.0.3",
         "resolve": "^1.19.0",
         "resolve-pkg": "^2.0.0",
+        "semver": "7.3.5",
         "stack-chain": "^2.0.0",
         "string-argv": "^0.3.1",
         "tmp": "^0.2.1",
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@
         "nyc": "15.1.0",
         "prettier": "2.5.1",
         "reindent-template-literals": "1.1.0",
-        "semver": "7.3.5",
         "shx": "0.3.4",
         "sinon": "13.0.1",
         "sinon-chai": "3.7.0",
@@ -4501,7 +4501,6 @@
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "yallist": "^4.0.0"
       },
@@ -6132,7 +6131,6 @@
       "version": "7.3.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-PoeGJYh8HK4BTO/a9Tf6ZG3veo/A7ZVsYrSA6J8ny9nb3B1VrpkuN+z9OE5wfE5p6H4LchYZsegiQgbJD94ZFQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
       },
@@ -7124,8 +7122,7 @@
     "node_modules/yallist": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
     },
     "node_modules/yargs": {
       "version": "16.2.0",
@@ -10633,7 +10630,6 @@
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "yallist": "^4.0.0"
       }
@@ -11823,7 +11819,6 @@
       "version": "7.3.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-PoeGJYh8HK4BTO/a9Tf6ZG3veo/A7ZVsYrSA6J8ny9nb3B1VrpkuN+z9OE5wfE5p6H4LchYZsegiQgbJD94ZFQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
       }
@@ -12592,8 +12587,7 @@
     "yallist": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
     },
     "yargs": {
       "version": "16.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1dd4ee58..0508d2672 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
     "progress": "^2.0.3",
     "resolve": "^1.19.0",
     "resolve-pkg": "^2.0.0",
+    "semver": "7.3.5",
     "stack-chain": "^2.0.0",
     "string-argv": "^0.3.1",
     "tmp": "^0.2.1",
@@ -258,7 +259,6 @@
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "prettier": "2.5.1",
     "reindent-template-literals": "1.1.0",
-    "semver": "7.3.5",
     "shx": "0.3.4",
     "sinon": "13.0.1",
     "sinon-chai": "3.7.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version.ts b/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2a72f4ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import semver from 'semver'
+
+type PackageJSON = {
+  engines: { node: string }
+}
+
+const readActualPackageJSON: () => PackageJSON = () =>
+  JSON.parse(
+    fs
+      .readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'package.json'))
+      .toString()
+  )
+
+export function assertNodeEngineVersion(
+  currentVersion: string,
+  readPackageJSON: () => PackageJSON = readActualPackageJSON
+): void {
+  const requiredVersion = readPackageJSON().engines.node
+  if (!semver.satisfies(currentVersion, requiredVersion)) {
+    const message = `Cucumber can only run on Node.js versions ${requiredVersion}. This Node.js version is ${currentVersion}`
+    throw new Error(message)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version_spec.ts b/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01133411a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/assert_node_engine_version_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { assertNodeEngineVersion } from './assert_node_engine_version'
+
+describe(assertNodeEngineVersion.name, () => {
+  it('fails when the version is lower than specified in package.json', () => {
+    assert.throws(() =>
+      assertNodeEngineVersion('v11.0.0', () => ({
+        engines: {
+          node: '>=12',
+        },
+      }))
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('passes when the version is greater than specified in package.json', () => {
+    assertNodeEngineVersion('v17.0.0')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/cli/run.ts b/src/cli/run.ts
index 508b71666..f7dec91e1 100644
--- a/src/cli/run.ts
+++ b/src/cli/run.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Cli, { ICliRunResult } from './'
 import VError from 'verror'
 import publishBanner from './publish_banner'
+import { assertNodeEngineVersion } from './assert_node_engine_version'
 
 function exitWithError(error: Error): void {
   console.error(VError.fullStack(error)) // eslint-disable-line no-console
@@ -12,6 +13,13 @@ function displayPublishAdvertisementBanner(): void {
 }
 
 export default async function run(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    assertNodeEngineVersion(process.version)
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error.message) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
   const cli = new Cli({
     argv: process.argv,
     cwd: process.cwd(),