diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/.eslintrc.js b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/.eslintrc.js
index df04aa267446..51b7dfbb7ed3 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/.eslintrc.js
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ module.exports = {
       },
       rules: {
         '@typescript-eslint/typedef': 'off',
+        // Explicitly allow ts-ignore with description for Node integration tests
+        // Reason: We run these tests on TS3.8 which doesn't support `@ts-expect-error`
+        '@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment': [
+          'error',
+          {
+            'ts-ignore': 'allow-with-description',
+            'ts-expect-error': true,
+          },
+        ],
       },
     },
   ],
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/meta-tags/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/meta-tags/test.ts
index 22bef9d2b1b9..c42269dd8504 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/meta-tags/test.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/meta-tags/test.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ describe('getTraceMetaTags', () => {
       baggage: 'sentry-environment=production',
     });
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
-    // @ts-ignore
+    // @ts-ignore - response is defined, types just don't reflect it
     const html = response?.response as unknown as string;
 
     expect(html).toMatch(/<meta name="sentry-trace" content="cd7ee7a6fe3ebe7ab9c3271559bc203c-[a-z0-9]{16}-1"\/>/);