diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2672c1fea0..ddd1c71b95 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         "couchbase": "^4.3.1",
         "ibm_db": "^3.2.4",
         "kafka-avro": "^3.1.1",
-        "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.0",
+        "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.1",
         "pg-native": "^3.0.1",
         "prisma": "^5.13.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6018feba1..8bef20b4e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     "couchbase": "^4.3.1",
     "ibm_db": "^3.2.4",
     "kafka-avro": "^3.1.1",
-    "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.0",
+    "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.1",
     "pg-native": "^3.0.1",
     "prisma": "^5.13.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
index 54dca0194f..d369dd8018 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const topic = 'rdkafka-topic';
 
 let mochaSuiteFn;
 
-if (!supportedVersion(process.versions.node) || semver.lte(process.versions.node, '14.0.0')) {
+if (!supportedVersion(process.versions.node) || semver.lte(process.versions.node, '16.0.0')) {
   mochaSuiteFn = describe.skip;
 } else {
   mochaSuiteFn = describe;