diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index 21c6be1f..e1cb9662 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: node-modules/github-actions/.github/workflows/node-test.yml@master
     with:
       os: 'ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest'
-      version: '18.19.0, 18, 20, 22, 23'
+      version: '16, 18.19.0, 18, 20, 22, 23'
     secrets:
       CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/test/HttpClient.test.ts b/test/HttpClient.test.ts
index 7bea39b7..fc0905fd 100644
--- a/test/HttpClient.test.ts
+++ b/test/HttpClient.test.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('HttpClient.test.ts', () => {
       assert(httpClient.getDispatcherPoolStats()[_url.substring(0, _url.length - 1)].connected > 1);
     });
 
-    it('should not exit after other side closed error', async () => {
+    it.skipIf(process.version.startsWith('v16.'))('should not exit after other side closed error', async () => {
       const pem = selfsigned.generate();
       const server = createSecureServer({
         key: pem.private,
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ describe('HttpClient.test.ts', () => {
       assert(lookupCallCounter < 10, `${lookupCallCounter} should smaller than 10`);
     });
 
-    it('should work with custom lookup on HTTPS protol', async () => {
+    it('should work with custom lookup on HTTPS protocol', async () => {
       let lookupCallCounter = 0;
       const httpclient = new HttpClient({
         // mock lookup delay
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ describe('HttpClient.test.ts', () => {
           return true;
         },
         lookup(_hostname, _options, callback) {
-          if (process.version.startsWith('v18')) {
+          if (process.version.startsWith('v18.') || process.version.startsWith('v16.')) {
             return callback(null, '127.0.0.1', 4);
           }
           return callback(null, [{
diff --git a/test/options.compressed.test.ts b/test/options.compressed.test.ts
index 73ebf078..70e5debb 100644
--- a/test/options.compressed.test.ts
+++ b/test/options.compressed.test.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('options.compressed.test.ts', () => {
     assert.match(response.data, /export async function startServer/);
   });
 
-  it('should throw error when gzip content invaild', async () => {
+  it('should throw error when gzip content invalid', async () => {
     await assert.rejects(async () => {
       await urllib.request(`${_url}error-gzip`, {
         dataType: 'text',
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ describe('options.compressed.test.ts', () => {
       // console.error(err);
       assert.equal(err.name, 'UnzipError');
       assert.equal(err.message, 'Decompression failed');
-      if (process.version !== 'v18.19.0') {
+      if (process.version !== 'v18.19.0' && !process.version.startsWith('v16.')) {
         assert.equal(err.code, 'ERR__ERROR_FORMAT_PADDING_1');
       } else {
         assert.equal(err.code, 'ERR_PADDING_1');
diff --git a/test/options.writeStream.test.ts b/test/options.writeStream.test.ts
index aea77873..5c98bdb5 100644
--- a/test/options.writeStream.test.ts
+++ b/test/options.writeStream.test.ts
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ describe('options.writeStream.test.ts', () => {
     assert.equal(writeStreamClosed, true);
   });
 
-  // writeStream only work with error handle on Node.js >= 18
+  // writeStream only work with error handle on Node.js >= 18, skip on Node.js 16
   // bugfix: https://github.com/node-modules/urllib/issues/459
-  it('should throw request error when writeStream error', async () => {
+  it.skipIf(process.version.startsWith('v16.'))('should throw request error when writeStream error', async () => {
     const tmpfile = join(__dirname, 'not-exists-dir', 'foo.txt');
     const writeStream = createWriteStream(tmpfile);
     let writeStreamError = false;
diff --git a/test/setup.ts b/test/setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e6b3a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { patchForNode16 } from '../src/utils.js';
+patchForNode16();
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 1dc465c7..c776537e 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
       ],
     },
     pool: 'threads',
+    setupFiles: [
+      'test/setup.ts'
+    ],
   },
 });