SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word

[ayushee10]

\node_modules\ipfs-http-client\src\index.js:79
for await (const entry of get(path, options)) {
^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
at new Script (vm.js:51:7)
at createScript (vm.js:138:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:199:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:626:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:673:10)
at Module.load (module.js:575:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:515:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:507:3)
at Module.require (module.js:606:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

[achingbrain]

You are probably running an old version of node - please upgrade to 12 or later

[ayushee10]

thanks a ton; it worked!!