diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a082fd51d3..1b65b28a95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Our versioning strategy is as follows:
 
 * Upgrade to Node.js 20.x ([#1679](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1679))([#1681](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1681))
 * Removed "npm" field from "engines" property ([#1698](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1698))
+* Removed "engines" field for templates ([#1701](https://github.com/Sitecore/jss/pull/1701))
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/package.json
index 99aa4d98da..b49ab9560b 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/angular/package.json
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
     "graphQLEndpointPath": "/sitecore/api/graph/edge",
     "language": "en"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "ng": "ng",
     "lint:yml": "ts-node ./scripts/lint-yml.ts",
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/package.json
index 66e6977944..88381c0784 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/package.json
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
     "graphQLEndpointPath": "/sitecore/api/graph/edge",
     "language": "en"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sitecore Corporation",
     "url": "https://jss.sitecore.com"
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/package.json
index dc5f6b86ff..bffc213704 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-experience-edge/package.json
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "ts-node ./src/index.ts"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sitecore Corporation",
     "url": "https://jss.sitecore.com"
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/package.json
index 560cc4908f..7010895f81 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/node-headless-ssr-proxy/package.json
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "ts-node ./src/index.ts"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sitecore Corporation",
     "url": "https://jss.sitecore.com"
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react-native/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react-native/package.json
index e8eb23b2f6..8762aa193a 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react-native/package.json
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
     "sitecoreConfigPath": "/App_Config/Include/zzz",
     "language": "en"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "jss": "jss",
     "clean:android": "cd ./android && gradlew clean && cd ..",
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react/package.json
index c1df85ea45..95c1737797 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/react/package.json
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
     "language": "en",
     "tunnelUrl": "http://jss.ngrok.io"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sitecore Corporation",
     "url": "https://jss.sitecore.com"
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/vue/package.json b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/vue/package.json
index b7e2d1b5d8..208733a4a2 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/vue/package.json
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
     "buildArtifactsPath": "./dist",
     "language": "en"
   },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18",
-    "npm": ">=10"
-  },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sitecore Corporation",
     "url": "https://jss.sitecore.com"