diff --git a/src/game-of-life/hello-world.md b/src/game-of-life/hello-world.md
index 6f59daf1..7da10880 100644
--- a/src/game-of-life/hello-world.md
+++ b/src/game-of-life/hello-world.md
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ Since we declared a new dependency, we need to install it:
 npm install
 ```
 
+> Note that when using `webpack` on newer Node.js versions, one may have to
+> set NODE_OPTIONS environment variable to [`--openssl-legacy-provider`](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man3.0/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy.html) due
+> to older versions not [complying with OpenSSL 3.0](https://github.com/webpack/webpack/pull/14306)
+
 Our Web page is now ready to be served locally!
 
 ## Serving Locally