diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5fdd61b..6d53a25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: test
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         submodules: true
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: 20
+        node-version: lts/*
     - run: npm install
     - run: npm test
       env:
diff --git a/test/blog.mjs b/test/blog.mjs
index 550eecd..e81362d 100644
--- a/test/blog.mjs
+++ b/test/blog.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 describe('blog', function() {
   // regression test for https://github.com/whatwg/meta/issues/59
diff --git a/test/build.mjs b/test/build.mjs
index 1778a04..ac9d7a8 100644
--- a/test/build.mjs
+++ b/test/build.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 describe('build', function() {
   specify('/version', async function() {
diff --git a/test/caching.mjs b/test/caching.mjs
index ef356a6..fa49e9b 100644
--- a/test/caching.mjs
+++ b/test/caching.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 const CACHE_TESTS = [
   'https://html.spec.whatwg.org/fonts/Essays1743.ttf',
diff --git a/test/content-type.mjs b/test/content-type.mjs
index 2c74d57..9b0b3de 100644
--- a/test/content-type.mjs
+++ b/test/content-type.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 const EXTENSION_TESTS = [
   ['https://resources.whatwg.org/standard.css', 'text/css'],
diff --git a/test/cors.mjs b/test/cors.mjs
index 09c96d5..c4991a1 100644
--- a/test/cors.mjs
+++ b/test/cors.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 const CORS_TESTS = [
   // not an exhaustive list of domains, just enough to catch accidental removal
diff --git a/test/hsts.mjs b/test/hsts.mjs
index 93087b7..6befc2a 100644
--- a/test/hsts.mjs
+++ b/test/hsts.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 const HOSTNAMES = [
   // not an exhaustive list, just enough to catch accidental removal
diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index 8d28121..af66376 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "mocha": "^11.0.1",
-    "node-fetch": "^3.3.2"
+    "mocha": "^11.0.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha --timeout=10000 --retries=3 *.mjs"
diff --git a/test/redirects.mjs b/test/redirects.mjs
index bd62534..9b26514 100644
--- a/test/redirects.mjs
+++ b/test/redirects.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 // arrays of [url to fetch, HTTP status, location header, keep /foo?]
 
diff --git a/test/wiki.mjs b/test/wiki.mjs
index 580ee35..4d8c2e5 100644
--- a/test/wiki.mjs
+++ b/test/wiki.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 describe('wiki', function() {
   specify('main page', async function() {
diff --git a/test/x-headers.mjs b/test/x-headers.mjs
index 730e558..8a14b39 100644
--- a/test/x-headers.mjs
+++ b/test/x-headers.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 const TEST_DATA = [
   // not an exhaustive list, just enough to catch accidental removal