diff --git a/.github/workflows/mdoc.yml b/.github/workflows/mdoc.yml
index a148007c5..bc1ff901c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mdoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mdoc.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "16"
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           java-version: 8