diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5546ccc..d452add 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [24]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
         with:
           bun-version: latest
@@ -18,3 +24,13 @@ jobs:
       - run: bun test ./src
       - run: bunx prettier --check src
       - run: bun run build
+      - name: Import packed dist with Node
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          tarball=$(npm pack)
+          tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+          trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir" "$tarball"' EXIT
+          cd "$tmpdir"
+          npm init -y >/dev/null
+          npm install "$OLDPWD/$tarball"
+          node --input-type=module -e "import { embedTexts } from '@corbits/embedding'; if (typeof embedTexts !== 'function') process.exit(1)"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d0b089..f9d47ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Not published to npm yet. Until a registry publish, `npm install @corbits/embedd
 bun add github:corbitsdev/corbits-embedding
 ```
 
-Requires Node >= 20 or Bun >= 1.2. The default export is built `dist/`; native Node
+Requires Node >= 24 or Bun >= 1.2. The default export is built `dist/`; native Node
 does not load this package's extensionless TypeScript source.
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75cc0e5..3e61cfd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "bun": ">=1.2.0",
-    "node": ">=20"
+    "node": ">=24"
   }
 }