diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 74fa65ae347..8b1a1a12928 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab # v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index f71a7c770de..6829ed49761 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        # node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
-        node-version: [16.x, 18.x]
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
     steps:
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
diff --git a/packages/driver-test-support/lib/e2e-suite.js b/packages/driver-test-support/lib/e2e-suite.js
index fcbb65ddf80..9dcf4a282ea 100644
--- a/packages/driver-test-support/lib/e2e-suite.js
+++ b/packages/driver-test-support/lib/e2e-suite.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import B from 'bluebird';
 import {TEST_HOST, getTestPort, createAppiumURL} from './helpers';
 import chai from 'chai';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
+import { Agent } from 'node:http';
 
 const should = chai.should();
 
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ export function driverE2ETestSuite(DriverClass, defaultCaps = {}) {
 
     describe('session handling', function () {
       it('should handle idempotency while creating sessions', async function () {
+        // workaround for https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/1735
+        const httpAgent = new Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+
         const sessionIds = [];
         let times = 0;
         do {
@@ -159,11 +163,7 @@ export function driverE2ETestSuite(DriverClass, defaultCaps = {}) {
               headers: {
                 'X-Idempotency-Key': '123456',
               },
-              // XXX: I'm not sure what these are, as they are not documented axios options,
-              // nor are they mentioned in our source
-              // @ts-expect-error
-              simple: false,
-              resolveWithFullResponse: true,
+              httpAgent,
             }
           );
 
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ export function driverE2ETestSuite(DriverClass, defaultCaps = {}) {
       });
 
       it('should handle idempotency while creating parallel sessions', async function () {
+        // workaround for https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/1735
+        const httpAgent = new Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+
         const reqs = [];
         let times = 0;
         do {
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ export function driverE2ETestSuite(DriverClass, defaultCaps = {}) {
                 headers: {
                   'X-Idempotency-Key': '12345',
                 },
+                httpAgent,
               }
             )
           );