diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
deleted file mode 100644
index b61feec62..000000000
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-nodejs     24.3.0
-python     3.10.18
-shellcheck 0.10.0
-sqlite     3.47.2
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..940524cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[tools]
+# minimal version we support
+python = "3.10"
+node = "24.3.0"
+go = "1.24.5"
+shellcheck = "0.11.0"
+# python 3.10 uses 3.40.1 (on mac and win)
+sqlite = "3.40.1"
diff --git a/utils/lib_sxng_node.sh b/utils/lib_sxng_node.sh
index 79a1f0c1f..c7c12a0df 100755
--- a/utils/lib_sxng_node.sh
+++ b/utils/lib_sxng_node.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 declare _Blue
 declare _creset
 
-export NODE_MINIMUM_VERSION="23.6.0"
+export NODE_MINIMUM_VERSION="24.3.0"
 
 node.help() {
     cat <<EOF