diff --git a/test/config.test.js b/test/config.test.js
index f6a604d056a..04fc1bb1877 100644
--- a/test/config.test.js
+++ b/test/config.test.js
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ test('disableInstrumentations', function (t) {
   if (semver.lt(process.version, '10.0.0') && semver.gte(esVersion, '7.12.0')) {
     modules.delete('@elastic/elasticsearch')
   }
-  // require('mongodb') is a hard crash on nodes < 10.4
+  // As of mongodb@4 only supports node >=v12.
   const mongodbVersion = require('../node_modules/mongodb/package.json').version
-  if (semver.gte(mongodbVersion, '4.0.0') && semver.lt(process.version, '10.4.0')) {
+  if (semver.gte(mongodbVersion, '4.0.0') && semver.lt(process.version, '12.0.0')) {
     modules.delete('mongodb')
   }
 
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb.test.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb.test.js
index 666eb4400d9..5725046f7ab 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb.test.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb.test.js
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ const agent = require('../../..').start({
   cloudProvider: 'none'
 })
 
-// require('mongodb') is a hard crash on nodes <10.4
+// As of mongodb@4 only supports node >=v12.
 const mongodbVersion = require('../../../node_modules/mongodb/package.json').version
 const semver = require('semver')
-if (semver.gte(mongodbVersion, '4.0.0') && semver.lt(process.version, '10.4.0')) {
+if (semver.gte(mongodbVersion, '4.0.0') && semver.lt(process.version, '12.0.0')) {
   console.log(`# SKIP mongodb@${mongodbVersion} does not support node ${process.version}`)
   process.exit()
 }