diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
index 53ed300db49ab..fd2310ecaacf3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const canary = new synthetics.Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'canary')),
     handler: 'index.handler',
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The canary will automatically produce a CloudWatch Dashboard:
 
 ![UI Screenshot](images/ui-screenshot.png)
 
-The Canary code will be executed in a lambda function created by Synthetics on your behalf. The Lambda function includes a custom [runtime](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Library.html) provided by Synthetics. The provided runtime includes a variety of handy tools such as [Puppeteer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-core) and Chromium. The default runtime is `syn-nodejs-2.0`.
+The Canary code will be executed in a lambda function created by Synthetics on your behalf. The Lambda function includes a custom [runtime](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Library.html) provided by Synthetics. The provided runtime includes a variety of handy tools such as [Puppeteer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-core) (for nodejs based one) and Chromium.
 
 To learn more about Synthetics capabilities, check out the [docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries.html).
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromInline('/* Synthetics handler code */'),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must be 'index.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
 });
 
 // To supply the code from your local filesystem:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'canary')),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must end with '.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
 });
 
 // To supply the code from a S3 bucket:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const canary = new Canary(this, 'MyCanary', {
     code: synthetics.Code.fromBucket(bucket, 'canary.zip'),
     handler: 'index.handler', // must end with '.handler'
   }),
-  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0,
+  runtime: synthetics.Runtime.SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2,
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
index 7b1ccf79f5830..770a7be154f72 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-synthetics/lib/canary.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class Runtime {
    * - Puppeteer-core version 1.14.0
    * - The Chromium version that matches Puppeteer-core 1.14.0
    *
-   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Library.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-1.0
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_puppeteer.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-1.0
    */
   public static readonly SYNTHETICS_1_0 = new Runtime('syn-1.0');
 
@@ -85,12 +85,33 @@ export class Runtime {
    * `syn-nodejs-2.0` includes the following:
    * - Lambda runtime Node.js 10.x
    * - Puppeteer-core version 3.3.0
-   * - Chromium version 81.0.4044.0
+   * - Chromium version 83.0.4103.0
    *
-   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Library.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-2.0
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_puppeteer.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-2.0
    */
   public static readonly SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_0 = new Runtime('syn-nodejs-2.0');
 
+
+  /**
+   * `syn-nodejs-2.1` includes the following:
+   * - Lambda runtime Node.js 10.x
+   * - Puppeteer-core version 3.3.0
+   * - Chromium version 83.0.4103.0
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_puppeteer.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-2.1
+   */
+  public static readonly SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_1 = new Runtime('syn-nodejs-2.1');
+
+  /**
+   * `syn-nodejs-2.2` includes the following:
+   * - Lambda runtime Node.js 10.x
+   * - Puppeteer-core version 3.3.0
+   * - Chromium version 83.0.4103.0
+   *
+   * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Library_nodejs_puppeteer.html#CloudWatch_Synthetics_runtimeversion-2.2
+   */
+  public static readonly SYNTHETICS_NODEJS_2_2 = new Runtime('syn-nodejs-2.2');
+
   /**
    * @param name The name of the runtime version
    */