diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 29799dbcfe587..c99b7dee36ee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: ['12.13.0', 12.x, '14.15.0', 14.x, '16.1', 16.x]
+        node-version: ['12.13.0', 12.x, '14.15.0', 14.x, '16.0.0', 16.x]
         platform:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             shell: bash
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run the tests, but not if we're just gonna do coveralls later anyway
     - name: Run Tap tests
-      if: matrix.platform.os != 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.node-version != '12.x'
+      if: matrix.platform.os != 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.node-version != '16.x'
       run: node ./bin/npm-cli.js run --ignore-scripts test -- -t600 -Rbase -c
       env:
         DEPLOY_VERSION: testing
 
       # Run coverage check
     - name: Run coverage report
-      if: matrix.platform.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.node-version == '12.x'
+      if: matrix.platform.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.node-version == '16.x'
       # turn off --check-coverage until 100%, so CI failure is relevant
       run: node ./bin/npm-cli.js run check-coverage -- -t600 --no-check-coverage -Rbase -c
       env: