diff --git a/docs/deploy/getting-started.md b/docs/deploy/getting-started.md
index 5e3cf180d..1c701adc0 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/deploy/getting-started.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Setting `functionsNodeVersion` and `functionsRuntimeOptions` in your `angular.js
 "deploy": {
     "builder": "@angular/fire:deploy",
     "options": {
-        "functionsNodeVersion": 12,
+        "functionsNodeVersion": 22,
         "functionsRuntimeOptions": {
           "memory": "2GB",
           "timeoutSeconds": 10,
diff --git a/site/src/get-started/deploying.md b/site/src/get-started/deploying.md
index b0e9011b4..f5c4886a7 100644
--- a/site/src/get-started/deploying.md
+++ b/site/src/get-started/deploying.md
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ To customize the deployment flow, you can use the configuration files you're alr
 
 ### Configuring Cloud Functions
 
-Setting `functionsNodeVersion` and `functionsRuntimeOptions` in your `angular.json` allow you to custimze the version of Node.js Cloud Functions is running and run-time settings like timeout, VPC connectors, and memory.
+Setting `functionsNodeVersion` and `functionsRuntimeOptions` in your `angular.json` allow you to customize the version of Node.js Cloud Functions is running and run-time settings like timeout, VPC connectors, and memory.
 
 ```json
 "deploy": {
     "builder": "@angular/fire:deploy",
     "options": {
-        "functionsNodeVersion": 12,
+        "functionsNodeVersion": 22,
         "functionsRuntimeOptions": {
           "memory": "2GB",
           "timeoutSeconds": 10,
diff --git a/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.jasmine.ts b/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.jasmine.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6bf4c148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.jasmine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION, defaultFunction, defaultPackage } from './functions-templates.js';
+import 'jasmine';
+
+describe('functions templates', () => {
+  describe('defaultFunction', () => {
+    it('requires the firebase-functions/v1 subpath, where the v1 API lives on firebase-functions 6', () => {
+      const generated = defaultFunction('dist/app', {}, undefined);
+      expect(generated).toContain(`require('firebase-functions/v1')`);
+      expect(generated).not.toContain(`require('firebase-functions')`);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('defaultPackage', () => {
+    it('defaults engines.node to a runtime Cloud Functions still accepts', () => {
+      const generated = defaultPackage({}, {}, {});
+      expect(generated.engines.node).toBe(DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION.toString());
+      expect(DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION).toBe(22);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.ts b/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.ts
index 13cd9ab14..b7af2a3b1 100644
--- a/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.ts
+++ b/src/schematics/deploy/functions-templates.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { DeployBuilderOptions } from './actions';
 
-export const DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = 14;
+// Must be a runtime Cloud Functions still accepts, and must satisfy the engines of @angular/core
+// (the function runs the Angular server) and of firebase-admin. The `dockerfile` template below
+// also drops it into `FROM node:<version>-slim`, so it picks the base image on the Cloud Run path.
+export const DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = 22;
 export const DEFAULT_FUNCTION_NAME = 'ssr';
 
 const DEFAULT_FUNCTION_REGION = 'us-central1';
@@ -30,11 +33,13 @@ export const defaultPackage = (
   private: true
 });
 
+// `.region()` lives on the /v1 subpath since firebase-functions 6. Requiring the package root
+// instead still resolves, and fails only when the deployed function serves its first request.
 export const defaultFunction = (
   path: string,
   options: DeployBuilderOptions,
   functionName: string|undefined,
-) => `const functions = require('firebase-functions');
+) => `const functions = require('firebase-functions/v1');
 
 // Increase readability in Cloud Logging
 require("firebase-functions/logger/compat");