diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 798c8719..c7051be8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         "@types/eslint-scope": "^3.7.0",
         "@types/eslint-visitor-keys": "^1.0.0",
         "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
-        "@types/node": "^14.0.13",
+        "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.0.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.0.0",
         "code-red": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/src/parser/espree.ts b/src/parser/espree.ts
index 6843a55c..8d58a4c8 100644
--- a/src/parser/espree.ts
+++ b/src/parser/espree.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const createRequire: (filename: string) => (modName: string) => any =
     // Added in v12.2.0
     Module.createRequire ||
     // Added in v10.12.0, but deprecated in v12.2.0.
+    // @ts-expect-error -- old type
     Module.createRequireFromPath ||
     // Polyfill - This is not executed on the tests on node@>=10.
     /* istanbul ignore next */