diff --git a/.changeset/famous-glasses-study.md b/.changeset/famous-glasses-study.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26e75fd2bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-glasses-study.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@apollo/server-gateway-interface': patch
+---
+
+Remove unnecessary engines constraint on types-only package
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c3c02f37cd9..426c355514f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=14.16.0",
-        "npm": "^9.0.0"
+        "npm": ">=8.5.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -13028,9 +13028,6 @@
         "@apollo/utils.keyvaluecache": "^1.0.1",
         "@apollo/utils.logger": "^1.0.0"
       },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12.0"
-      },
       "peerDependencies": {
         "graphql": "14.x || 15.x || 16.x"
       }
diff --git a/packages/gateway-interface/package.json b/packages/gateway-interface/package.json
index 0a2c298d6c5..5dc0d76787f 100644
--- a/packages/gateway-interface/package.json
+++ b/packages/gateway-interface/package.json
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server#readme",
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.0"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/utils.fetcher": "^1.0.0",
     "@apollo/utils.logger": "^1.0.0",