diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cd933bd4bf..f781b56774 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
         "couchbase": "^4.3.1",
         "ibm_db": "^3.2.4",
         "kafka-avro": "^3.1.1",
-        "node-rdkafka": "^2.18.0",
+        "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.1",
         "pg-native": "^3.0.1",
         "prisma": "^5.13.0"
       }
@@ -28508,9 +28508,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/nan": {
-      "version": "2.18.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.18.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-W7tfG7vMOGtD30sHoZSSc/JVYiyDPEyQVso/Zz+/uQd0B0L46gtC+pHha5FFMRpil6fm/AoEcRWyOVi4+E/f8w=="
+      "version": "2.19.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nan/-/nan-2.19.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nO1xXxfh/RWNxfd/XPfbIfFk5vgLsAxUR9y5O0cHMJu/AW9U95JLXqthYHjEp+8gQ5p96K9jUp8nbVOxCdRbtw=="
     },
     "node_modules/nanoid": {
       "version": "3.1.20",
@@ -29058,17 +29058,17 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-rdkafka": {
-      "version": "2.18.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-rdkafka/-/node-rdkafka-2.18.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jYkmO0sPvjesmzhv1WFOO4z7IMiAFpThR6/lcnFDWgSPkYL95CtcuVNo/R5PpjujmqSgS22GMkL1qvU4DTAvEQ==",
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-rdkafka/-/node-rdkafka-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-USTFu7ylRj+fEiGz0hA92GWSqmX/hu/xSTqtgmInPPmh5zKhjauTciRjDEG3yK5m6yChwyHKQTIgmr56DfhiaQ==",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "bindings": "^1.3.1",
-        "nan": "^2.17.0"
+        "nan": "^2.19.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0.0"
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/noop-logger": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f44efb689..7f215414c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
     "couchbase": "^4.3.1",
     "ibm_db": "^3.2.4",
     "kafka-avro": "^3.1.1",
-    "node-rdkafka": "^2.18.0",
+    "node-rdkafka": "^3.0.1",
     "pg-native": "^3.0.1",
     "prisma": "^5.13.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
index 54dca0194f..d369dd8018 100644
--- a/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/messaging/node-rdkafka/test.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const topic = 'rdkafka-topic';
 
 let mochaSuiteFn;
 
-if (!supportedVersion(process.versions.node) || semver.lte(process.versions.node, '14.0.0')) {
+if (!supportedVersion(process.versions.node) || semver.lte(process.versions.node, '16.0.0')) {
   mochaSuiteFn = describe.skip;
 } else {
   mochaSuiteFn = describe;