diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5310e7f5c..fb6262141 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "@types/ncp": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^8.0.32",
     "@types/pify": "^3.0.0",
+    "@types/semver": "^5.5.0",
     "del": "^3.0.0",
     "execa": "^0.8.0",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     "mocha-jenkins-reporter": "^0.3.9",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "pify": "^3.0.0",
+    "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "through2": "^2.0.3",
     "ts-node": "^3.3.0",
     "tslint": "^5.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-core/gulpfile.ts b/packages/grpc-js-core/gulpfile.ts
index d309f6886..fcce74cd5 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-core/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-core/gulpfile.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import * as mocha from 'gulp-mocha';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as execa from 'execa';
 import * as pify from 'pify';
+import * as semver from 'semver';
 import { ncp } from 'ncp';
 
 // gulp-help monkeypatches tasks to have an additional description parameter
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ gulp.task('copy-test-fixtures', 'Copy test fixtures.', () => {
  * Transpiles src/ and test/, and then runs all tests.
  */
 gulp.task('test', 'Runs all tests.', ['copy-test-fixtures'], () => {
-  return gulp.src(`${outDir}/test/**/*.js`)
-    .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'mocha-jenkins-reporter'}));
+  if (semver.satisfies(process.version, '>=9.4')) {
+    return gulp.src(`${outDir}/test/**/*.js`)
+      .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'mocha-jenkins-reporter'}));
+  } else {
+    console.log(`Skipping grpc-js tests for Node ${process.version}`);
+  }
 });
diff --git a/run-tests.bat b/run-tests.bat
index 5aeaa700c..5c91eda15 100644
--- a/run-tests.bat
+++ b/run-tests.bat
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ for %%v in (4 6 7 8 9) do (
 
   call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp clean.all || SET FAILED=1
   call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp setup.windows || SET FAILED=1
-  call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp native.test || SET FAILED=1
+  call .\node_modules\.bin\gulp test || SET FAILED=1
 )
 
 node merge_kokoro_logs.js
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index bfc0ff71d..300a25274 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ do
   ./node_modules/.bin/gulp setup
 
   # Rebuild libraries and run tests.
-  JUNIT_REPORT_PATH="reports/node$version/" JUNIT_REPORT_STACK=1 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp native.test || FAILED="true"
+  JUNIT_REPORT_PATH="reports/node$version/" JUNIT_REPORT_STACK=1 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp test || FAILED="true"
 done
 
 set +ex