diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 613c083262e74..5ed50a67382cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ HAS_GO = $(shell hash $(GO) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "GO" || echo "NOGO" )
 COMMA := ,
 
 XGO_VERSION := go-1.18.x
-MIN_GO_VERSION := 001017000
-MIN_NODE_VERSION := 012017000
 
 AIR_PACKAGE ?= github.com/cosmtrek/air@v1.29.0
 EDITORCONFIG_CHECKER_PACKAGE ?= github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker/cmd/editorconfig-checker@2.4.0
@@ -203,9 +201,11 @@ help:
 
 .PHONY: go-check
 go-check:
+	$(eval MIN_GO_VERSION_STR := $(shell grep -Eo '^go\s+[0-9]+\.[0-9.]+' go.mod | cut -d' ' -f2))
+	$(eval MIN_GO_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell echo '$(MIN_GO_VERSION_STR)' | tr '.' ' ')))
 	$(eval GO_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell $(GO) version | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9.]+' | tr '.' ' ');))
 	@if [ "$(GO_VERSION)" -lt "$(MIN_GO_VERSION)" ]; then \
-		echo "Gitea requires Go 1.16 or greater to build. You can get it at https://golang.org/dl/"; \
+		echo "Gitea requires Go $(MIN_GO_VERSION_STR) or greater to build. You can get it at https://go.dev/dl/"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
@@ -218,11 +218,12 @@ git-check:
 
 .PHONY: node-check
 node-check:
+	$(eval MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR := $(shell grep -Eo '"node":.*[0-9.]+"' package.json | sed -n 's/.*[^0-9.]\([0-9.]*\)"/\1/p'))
+	$(eval MIN_NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell echo '$(MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR)' | tr '.' ' ')))
 	$(eval NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell node -v | cut -c2- | tr '.' ' ');))
-	$(eval MIN_NODE_VER_FMT := $(shell printf "%g.%g.%g" $(shell echo $(MIN_NODE_VERSION) | grep -o ...)))
 	$(eval NPM_MISSING := $(shell hash npm > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo 1))
 	@if [ "$(NODE_VERSION)" -lt "$(MIN_NODE_VERSION)" -o "$(NPM_MISSING)" = "1" ]; then \
-		echo "Gitea requires Node.js $(MIN_NODE_VER_FMT) or greater and npm to build. You can get it at https://nodejs.org/en/download/"; \
+		echo "Gitea requires Node.js $(MIN_NODE_VERSION_STR) or greater and npm to build. You can get it at https://nodejs.org/en/download/"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi