diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
index fd2310ecaacf3..80a6defd34848 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const canary = new synthetics.Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'canary')),
     handler: 'index.handler',
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromInline('/* Synthetics handler code */'),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must be 'index.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0,
 });
 
 // To supply the code from your local filesystem:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'canary')),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must end with '.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0,
 });
 
 // To supply the code from a S3 bucket:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromBucket(bucket, 'canary.zip'),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must end with '.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0,
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
index 7e6d6c8b53b0f..72d4b311ce6e3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ export class Runtime {
    */
   public static readonly SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2 = new Runtime('syn-nodejs-2.2');
 
+  /**
+   * `syn-nodejs-puppeteer-3.0` includes the following:
+   * - Lambda runtime Node.js 12.x
+   * - Puppeteer-core version 5.5.0
+   * - Chromium version 88.0.4298.0
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_puppeteer.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-nodejs-puppeteer-3.0
+   */
+  public static readonly SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0 = new Runtime('syn-nodejs-puppeteer-3.0');
+
   /**
    * @param name The name of the runtime version
    */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/test/canary.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/test/canary.test.ts
index d4a505e3a492b..bb5e479e7f7e9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/test/canary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/test/canary.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test('Canary can have generated name', () => {
       handler: 'index.handler',
       code: synthetics.Code.fromInline('/* Synthetics handler code */'),
     }),
-    runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0,
+    runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_PUPPETEER_3_0,
   });
 
   // THEN
@@ -355,4 +355,4 @@ test('can specify custom test', () => {
         };`,
     },
   });
-});
+});
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