diff --git a/.changeset/modern-yaks-listen.md b/.changeset/modern-yaks-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6d4d63172b634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-yaks-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@directus/api': patch
+---
+
+Updated the Vercel runtime to Node.js 22.
diff --git a/api/index.js b/api/index.js
index 47e94551ea1df..e9992bb6fe59c 100644
--- a/api/index.js
+++ b/api/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { createServer } from "http";
-import directus from "../directus";
+import { createServer } from 'http';
+import directus from '../directus';
 
 const server = createServer(directus);
 
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
index 469a43893c9b6..c611f83b907f0 100644
--- a/vercel.json
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "functions": {
-    "api/index.js": {
-      "runtime": "nodejs18.x"
-    }
-  },
-  "routes": [
-    { "src": "/(.*)", "dest": "/api/index.js" }
-  ]
+	"functions": {
+		"api/index.js": {
+			"runtime": "nodejs22.x"
+		}
+	},
+	"routes": [{ "src": "/(.*)", "dest": "/api/index.js" }]
 }