diff --git a/check.mjs b/check.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93419eecfe177dc1eeb0a36b39be0b5a14ea6f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process"
+import chalk from "chalk"
+
+const NODE_VERSION = 18
+
+function nodeVersion() {
+    const str = execSync(`node --version`,  {encoding: "utf-8"}).trim()
+    const result = str.match(/(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)/);
+
+    return {
+        major: result[1],
+        minor: result[2],
+        patch: result[3]
+    }
+}
+
+function main() {
+    if (nodeVersion().major < NODE_VERSION) {
+        console.log(chalk.red.bold(`Warning: You are using an outdated version of node: ${nodeVersion().major}. Current version: ${NODE_VERSION}`))
+    }
+}
+
+main()
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45b82045fc16ec5bd3c7f2bb06996006ac47b0e2..994e5b52a23e01557ca35ac20b8bdb8bbae25ca0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "//": "DO NOT ADD dependencies or devDependencies clauses to this level! Keep subfolders autonomous.",
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "cd incremental && npm i && cd .. && cd interop && npm i && cd .. && cd arkoala && npm i && cd .. && cd arkoala-arkts && npm i",
+    "prepare": "node check.mjs && cd incremental && npm i && cd .. && cd interop && npm i && cd .. && cd arkoala && npm i && cd .. && cd arkoala-arkts && npm i",
     "ohos-sdk": "npm run ohos-sdk --prefix arkoala/arkui-common",
     "ets:plugin:compile": "npm run compile --prefix arkoala/ets-plugin",
     "compiler:plugin:compile": "npm run compile --prefix incremental/compiler-plugin",