diff --git a/src/test/index.spec.ts b/src/test/index.spec.ts
index 1ec708099..244f8b63e 100644
--- a/src/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -681,9 +681,10 @@ test.suite('ts-node', (test) => {
         }));
         if (
           semver.gte(ts.version, '3.5.0') &&
-          semver.gte(process.versions.node, '16.0.0')
+          semver.gte(process.versions.node, '14.0.0')
         ) {
-          test('implicitly uses @tsconfig/node16 compilerOptions when both TS and node versions support it', async (t) => {
+          test('implicitly uses @tsconfig/node14 or @tsconfig/node16 compilerOptions when both TS and node versions support it', async (t) => {
+            // node14 and node16 configs are identical, hence the "or"
             const {
               context: { tempDir },
             } = t;
@@ -708,7 +709,7 @@ test.suite('ts-node', (test) => {
             expect(stdout2).to.equal('10n\n');
           });
         } else {
-          test('implicitly uses @tsconfig/* lower than node16 (node12 or node14) when either TS or node versions do not support @tsconfig/node16', async ({
+          test('implicitly uses @tsconfig/* lower than node14 (node12) when either TS or node versions do not support @tsconfig/node14', async ({
             context: { tempDir },
           }) => {
             const { err, stdout, stderr } = await exec(`${BIN_PATH} -pe 10n`, {