diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 54ae6b18..54fc7e20 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ updates:
       - /tests/helpers
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+    # @types/node tracks the minimum supported Node version (24, the oldest LTS
+    # these examples support), not the latest release. Bump its major by hand
+    # when raising that minimum across all npm directories.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "@types/node"
+        update-types:
+          - version-update:semver-major
     groups:
       npm:
         patterns:
diff --git a/tests/helpers/package-lock.json b/tests/helpers/package-lock.json
index 719cb5f1..4431a360 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/package-lock.json
+++ b/tests/helpers/package-lock.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "typescript": "^7.0.2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20.0.0"
+        "node": ">=24.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@modelcontextprotocol/client": {
diff --git a/tests/helpers/package.json b/tests/helpers/package.json
index c349e32b..c30aa4bb 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/package.json
+++ b/tests/helpers/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "typescript": "^7.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20.0.0"
+    "node": ">=24.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/client": "^2.0.0",