diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 02137e595e..920db416d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "20.11"
 
         - name: Node.js 21.x
-          node-version: "21.6"
+          node-version: "21.7"
 
         - name: Node.js 22.x
-          node-version: "22.0"
+          node-version: "22.2"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/test/app.router.js b/test/app.router.js
index ae87092f00..707333f043 100644
--- a/test/app.router.js
+++ b/test/app.router.js
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
   describe('methods', function(){
     methods.concat('del').forEach(function(method){
       if (method === 'connect') return;
-      if (method === 'query' && shouldSkipQuery(process.versions.node)) return
 
       it('should include ' + method.toUpperCase(), function(done){
+        if (method === 'query' && shouldSkipQuery(process.versions.node)) {
+          this.skip()
+        }
         var app = express();
 
         app[method]('/foo', function(req, res){
diff --git a/test/res.send.js b/test/res.send.js
index 1e1835f823..b4cf68a7df 100644
--- a/test/res.send.js
+++ b/test/res.send.js
@@ -409,9 +409,11 @@ describe('res', function(){
 
       methods.forEach(function (method) {
         if (method === 'connect') return;
-        if (method === 'query' && shouldSkipQuery(process.versions.node)) return
 
         it('should send ETag in response to ' + method.toUpperCase() + ' request', function (done) {
+          if (method === 'query' && shouldSkipQuery(process.versions.node)) {
+            this.skip()
+          }
           var app = express();
 
           app[method]('/', function (req, res) {
diff --git a/test/support/utils.js b/test/support/utils.js
index a4d9fb8b54..5ad4ca9841 100644
--- a/test/support/utils.js
+++ b/test/support/utils.js
@@ -77,13 +77,10 @@ function getMajorVersion(versionString) {
 }
 
 function shouldSkipQuery(versionString) {
-  // Temporarily skipping this test on 22
-  // update this implementation to run on those release lines on supported versions once they exist
-  // upstream tracking https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/51719
+  // Skipping HTTP QUERY tests on Node 21, it is reported in http.METHODS on 21.7.2 but not supported
+  // update this implementation to run on supported versions of 21 once they exist
+  // upstream tracking https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/51562
   // express tracking issue: https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/5615
-  var majorsToSkip = {
-    "22": true
-  }
-  return majorsToSkip[getMajorVersion(versionString)]
+  return Number(getMajorVersion(versionString)) === 21
 }