diff --git a/bin/sf-prepack.js b/bin/sf-prepack.js
index 8313cf13..5d52fe1a 100755
--- a/bin/sf-prepack.js
+++ b/bin/sf-prepack.js
@@ -10,24 +10,10 @@ const chalk = require('chalk');
 const shell = require('../utils/shelljs');
 const { isPlugin } = require('../utils/project-type');
 const packageRoot = require('../utils/package-path');
+const { semverIsLessThan } = require('../utils/semver');
 
 shell.exec('yarn build');
 
-const semverIsLessThan = (version, target) => {
-  const [major, minor, patch] = version.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
-  const [targetMajor, targetMinor, targetPatch] = target.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
-  if (major < targetMajor) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (major === targetMajor && minor < targetMinor) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (major === targetMajor && minor === targetMinor && patch < targetPatch) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-};
-
 if (isPlugin(packageRoot)) {
   if (shell.which('oclif')) {
     shell.exec('oclif manifest .');
diff --git a/utils/semver.js b/utils/semver.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2010c1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/semver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, salesforce.com, inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
+ * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+exports.semverIsLessThan = (version, target) => {
+  const [major, minor, patch] = version.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
+  const [targetMajor, targetMinor, targetPatch] = target.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
+  if (major < targetMajor) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (major === targetMajor && minor < targetMinor) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (major === targetMajor && minor === targetMinor && patch < targetPatch) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+};
diff --git a/utils/standardize-pjson.js b/utils/standardize-pjson.js
index 6e21c898..9519d5c5 100644
--- a/utils/standardize-pjson.js
+++ b/utils/standardize-pjson.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { resolveConfig } = require('./sf-config');
+const { semverIsLessThan } = require('./semver');
+
 const PackageJson = require('./package-json');
 
 module.exports = (packageRoot = require('./package-path')) => {
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ module.exports = (packageRoot = require('./package-path')) => {
       tsconfig.match(/"extends"\s*:\s*".*@salesforce\/dev-config/) &&
       pjson.contents.engines &&
       pjson.contents.engines.node &&
-      pjson.contents.engines.node !== engineVersion
+      pjson.contents.engines.node !== engineVersion &&
+      semverIsLessThan(pjson.contents.engines.node.replace('>=', ''), engineVersion.replace('>=', ''))
     ) {
       pjson.actions.push('updating node engine');
       pjson.contents.engines.node = engineVersion;