Need to upgrade, but can't because of Node version

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Hi everyone

I upgraded the version of Node on my host machine. My current version of Ghost doesn’t support this version of Node. I ran ghost update --force which returns:

Message: Unable to update Ghost directly to v5.30.1. You must be on the latest v3.x to update across major versions. Help: Run "ghost update v3" to get the latest v3.x version, then run "ghost update" to get to v5.

When I run ghost update v3, it returns:

Ghost v3.42.9 is not compatible with the current Node version. Your node version is 16.14.2, but Ghost v3.42.9 requires ^10.13.0 || ^12.10.0 || ^14.15.0

TL;DR: I can’t update to the newest version of Ghost straightaway, but I can’t upgrade to the ghost version in the middle either because of my Node version is too high. How can I upgrade to the newest version with my current version of Node?

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If Ghost in at Version 3, you’ll need to upgrade to the terminal release before moving to V5. This requires a supported version of Node for V3.

You’ll need to rollback Node. If you’re using a database other than MySQL, reinstalling may be necessary.

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