diff --git a/.github/actions/node/action.yml b/.github/actions/node/action.yml
index 7fd4acecc0..c1513f2c5f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/node/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/node/action.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ runs:
     - if: steps.attempt.outcome == 'failure'
       shell: bash
       run: sleep 60
-    - if: steps.attempt.outcome == 'failure'
+    - id: retry
+      if: steps.attempt.outcome == 'failure'
       uses: ./.github/actions/node/setup
       with:
         version: ${{ inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/node/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/node/setup/action.yml
index 0cb6136972..745c7ba6fd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/node/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/node/setup/action.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ runs:
         }
         case "$VERSION" in
           eol)         version=16 ;;
-          oldest)      version=$(node_version 18) ;;
+          oldest)      oldest_major=$(awk '/"node"/{match($0,/[0-9]+/);print substr($0,RSTART,RLENGTH);exit}' package.json)
+                      version=$(node_version "$oldest_major") ;;
           maintenance) version=$(node_version 20) ;;
           active)      version=$(node_version 24) ;;
           latest)      version=${LATEST_VERSION:-$(node_version 26)}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apm-integrations.yml b/.github/workflows/apm-integrations.yml
index b1357f682e..fbcc1bd4ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apm-integrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apm-integrations.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
             aerospike-version: ce-6.4.0.3
             image: aerospike@sha256:f268d48f5075010ff268b29fbae28518418070dfb31935daa31f0b45c59f4da9 # ce-6.4.0.3
             test-image: ubuntu-latest
+
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.test-image }}
     permissions:
       id-token: write
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ jobs:
           - "^3.0.7"
           - ">=4.0.0 <4.2.0"
         include:
-          - node-version: 18
+          - node-version: oldest
             range: ">=4.2.0"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -1122,7 +1123,7 @@ jobs:
           - node-version: 18
             range: ">=6.1.0 <7.0.0"
             range_clean: gte.6.16.0.and.lt.7.0.0
-          - node-version: "latest"
+          - node-version: latest
             range: ""
             range_clean: all
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 3c032078a4..2bd5a0a98a 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18
+22
diff --git a/integration-tests/init.spec.js b/integration-tests/init.spec.js
index 7934012057..965c604d9d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/init.spec.js
+++ b/integration-tests/init.spec.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const telemetryAbort = ['abort', 'reason:incompatible_runtime', 'abort.runtime',
 const telemetryForced = ['complete', 'injection_forced:true']
 const telemetryGood = ['complete', 'injection_forced:false']
 
-const { engines } = require('../package.json')
+const { engines, nodeMaxMajor: MAX_NODE_MAJOR } = require('../package.json')
 const {
   runAndCheckWithTelemetry: testFile,
   useEnv,
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ function testRuntimeVersionChecks (arg, filename) {
     it('should be able to use the engines field', () => {
       const engines = require(`${sandboxCwd()}/node_modules/dd-trace/package.json`).engines.node
 
-      assert.match(engines, /^>=\d+ <\d+$/)
+      assert.match(engines, /^>=\d+$/)
     })
 
-    context('when node version is too recent', () => {
+    context('when node version is too old', () => {
       useEnv({ NODE_OPTIONS })
 
       before(() => {
         const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgStr)
-        pkg.engines.node = `>=${NODE_MAJOR - 1} <${NODE_MAJOR}`
+        pkg.engines.node = `>=${NODE_MAJOR + 1}`
         fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg))
       })
 
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ function testRuntimeVersionChecks (arg, filename) {
           it('should not initialize the tracer', () =>
             doTest(`Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.
 Found incompatible runtime Node.js ${process.versions.node}, Supported runtimes: Node.js \
->=${NODE_MAJOR - 1} <${NODE_MAJOR}.
+>=${NODE_MAJOR + 1} <${MAX_NODE_MAJOR}.
 false
 `, telemetryAbort))
 
           it('should initialize the tracer, if DD_INJECT_FORCE', () =>
             doTestForced(`Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.
 Found incompatible runtime Node.js ${process.versions.node}, Supported runtimes: Node.js \
->=${NODE_MAJOR - 1} <${NODE_MAJOR}.
+>=${NODE_MAJOR + 1} <${MAX_NODE_MAJOR}.
 DD_INJECT_FORCE enabled, allowing unsupported runtimes and continuing.
 Application instrumentation bootstrapping complete
 true
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ true
       })
     })
 
-    context('when node version is too old', () => {
+    context('when node version is too recent', () => {
       useEnv({ NODE_OPTIONS })
 
       before(() => {
         const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgStr)
-        pkg.engines.node = `>=${NODE_MAJOR + 1} <${NODE_MAJOR + 2}`
+        pkg.nodeMaxMajor = NODE_MAJOR
         fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg))
       })
 
@@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ true
           it('should not initialize the tracer', () =>
             doTest(`Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.
 Found incompatible runtime Node.js ${process.versions.node}, Supported runtimes: Node.js \
->=${NODE_MAJOR + 1} <${NODE_MAJOR + 2}.
+${engines.node} <${NODE_MAJOR}.
 false
 `, telemetryAbort))
 
           it('should initialize the tracer, if DD_INJECT_FORCE', () =>
             doTestForced(`Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.
 Found incompatible runtime Node.js ${process.versions.node}, Supported runtimes: Node.js \
->=${NODE_MAJOR + 1} <${NODE_MAJOR + 2}.
+${engines.node} <${NODE_MAJOR}.
 DD_INJECT_FORCE enabled, allowing unsupported runtimes and continuing.
 Application instrumentation bootstrapping complete
 true
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ true
 
         before(() => {
           const pkg = JSON.parse(pkgStr)
-          pkg.engines.node = '>=0 <1000'
+          pkg.engines.node = '>=0'
+          pkg.nodeMaxMajor = 1000
           fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg))
         })
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 60396a3b4d..b7a7972e6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-js#readme",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18 <27"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
+  "nodeMaxMajor": 27,
   "files": [
     "/package.json",
     "ci/**/*",
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js
index eb8a30ecb9..08e94d470c 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails/index.js
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ function guard (fn) {
   var initBailout = false
   var clobberBailout = false
   var forced = isTrue(process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE)
-  var engines = require('../../../../package.json').engines
-  var versions = engines.node.match(/^>=(\d+) <(\d+)$/)
+  var pkg = require('../../../../package.json')
+  var engines = pkg.engines
+  var versions = engines.node.match(/^>=(\d+)$/)
   var minMajor = versions[1]
-  var nextMajor = versions[2]
+  var nextMajor = pkg.nodeMaxMajor
   var version = process.versions.node
+  var supportedRange = engines.node + ' <' + nextMajor
 
   if (process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
     // If we're running via single-step install, and we're in the app's
@@ -45,16 +47,17 @@ function guard (fn) {
   // should not initialize the tracer.
   if (!clobberBailout && (NODE_MAJOR < minMajor || NODE_MAJOR >= nextMajor)) {
     initBailout = true
+    var runtimeInfo = 'Incompatible runtime Node.js ' + version + ', supported runtimes: Node.js ' + supportedRange
     telemetry([
       { name: 'abort', tags: ['reason:incompatible_runtime'] },
       { name: 'abort.runtime', tags: [] }
     ], undefined, {
       result: 'abort',
       result_class: 'incompatible_runtime',
-      result_reason: 'Incompatible runtime Node.js ' + version + ', supported runtimes: Node.js ' + engines.node
+      result_reason: runtimeInfo
     })
     log.info('Aborting application instrumentation due to incompatible_runtime.')
-    log.info('Found incompatible runtime Node.js %s, Supported runtimes: Node.js %s.', version, engines.node)
+    log.info('Found incompatible runtime Node.js %s, Supported runtimes: Node.js %s.', version, supportedRange)
     if (forced) {
       log.info('DD_INJECT_FORCE enabled, allowing unsupported runtimes and continuing.')
     }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/guardrails/index.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/guardrails/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f1e0f75ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/guardrails/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+const { after, before, describe, it } = require('mocha')
+const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
+
+const { NODE_MAJOR } = require('../../../../version')
+
+describe('guard', () => {
+  let originalInjectionEnabled
+
+  before(() => {
+    originalInjectionEnabled = process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED
+    delete process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED
+  })
+
+  after(() => {
+    if (originalInjectionEnabled !== undefined) {
+      process.env.DD_INJECTION_ENABLED = originalInjectionEnabled
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('should abort when node version exceeds nodeMaxMajor', () => {
+    const guard = proxyquire('../../src/guardrails/index', {
+      '../../../../package.json': {
+        engines: { node: `>=${NODE_MAJOR}` },
+        nodeMaxMajor: NODE_MAJOR,
+      },
+      './log': { info: () => {} },
+      './telemetry': () => {},
+    })
+
+    let called = false
+    const result = guard(() => { called = true })
+    assert.strictEqual(called, false)
+    assert.strictEqual(result, undefined)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/setup/mocha.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/setup/mocha.js
index bd98250967..1618ee3e68 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/setup/mocha.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/setup/mocha.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const semver = require('semver')
 const sinon = require('sinon')
 require('./core')
 
+const { engines, nodeMaxMajor } = require('../../../../package.json')
+
 const externals = require('../plugins/externals')
 const runtimeMetrics = require('../../src/runtime_metrics')
 const Nomenclature = require('../../src/service-naming')
@@ -258,6 +260,9 @@ function withVersions (plugin, modules, range, cb) {
     range = undefined
   }
 
+  if (!process.env.DD_INJECT_FORCE &&
+      !semver.satisfies(process.version, `${engines.node} <${nodeMaxMajor}`)) return
+
   const instrumentations = typeof plugin === 'string' ? getInstrumentation(plugin) : [plugin]
   const names = new Set(instrumentations.map(instrumentation => instrumentation.name))
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate-supported-integrations.js b/scripts/generate-supported-integrations.js
index 99906e046e..f8958cd156 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-supported-integrations.js
+++ b/scripts/generate-supported-integrations.js
@@ -200,8 +200,12 @@ function toCsv (rows) {
 }
 
 async function generateSupportedIntegrations () {
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(ROOT_PACKAGE, 'utf8'))
   const plugins = readPluginMap()
-  const engines = parseEnginesRange(JSON.parse(readFileSync(ROOT_PACKAGE, 'utf8')).engines.node)
+  const engines = parseEnginesRange(pkg.engines.node)
+  if (engines.maxMajor === undefined && pkg.nodeMaxMajor !== undefined) {
+    engines.maxMajor = pkg.nodeMaxMajor - 1
+  }
   const ranges = readInstrumentationRanges(engines)
   const versions = JSON.parse(readFileSync(VERSIONS_PACKAGE, 'utf8')).dependencies ?? {}