diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
index 2b5586299..e92839103 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                     });
 
                     var makeWebRequestScript = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "checkScripts", "makeWebRequest.js");
-                    var node12 = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), "node12", "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
-                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node12} \"{makeWebRequestScript}\"' ");
+                    var node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), "node16", "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node} \"{makeWebRequestScript}\"' ");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(env)}");
                     await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
                         HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root),
-                        node12,
+                        node,
                         $"\"{makeWebRequestScript}\"",
                         env,
                         true,