diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f272952a62..d027757856 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.60.1](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.60.0...v1.60.1) (2022-06-09)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **@aws-cdk/check-node** fails to load on older (EOL) releases of node ([#3588](https://github.com/aws/jsii/pull/3588)) ([a1582bf](https://github.com/aws/jsii/commit/a1582bf7d9cc4081dd89e51efb4b3bc76b6e407e))
+
 ## [1.60.0](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.59.0...v1.60.0) (2022-06-08)
 
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 567b856b3a..bc92c4d20b 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
       "rejectCycles": true
     }
   },
-  "version": "1.60.0"
+  "version": "1.60.1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/check-node/src/constants.ts b/packages/@jsii/check-node/src/constants.ts
index d91a0d794c..7cf2cc1953 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/check-node/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/@jsii/check-node/src/constants.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export class NodeRelease {
     // Past end-of-life releases
     new NodeRelease(13, { endOfLife: new Date('2020-06-01') }),
     new NodeRelease(15, { endOfLife: new Date('2021-06-01') }),
-
-    // Deprecated releases
     new NodeRelease(12, {
       endOfLife: new Date('2022-04-30'),
       supportedRange: '^12.7.0',
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/check-node/tsconfig.json b/packages/@jsii/check-node/tsconfig.json
index 9ffe2e5dea..b7e5c54869 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/check-node/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/@jsii/check-node/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../../tsconfig-base",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2018", // Needs to target older releases of node or else it'll crash on start when using those
     "outDir": "./lib",
     "rootDir": "./src",
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["jest.config.ts"],
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "jest.config.ts"
+  ],
 }
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/runtime/webpack.config.js b/packages/@jsii/runtime/webpack.config.js
index 12366cf655..81ebe00e7b 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/runtime/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/@jsii/runtime/webpack.config.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = {
     iife: false,
   },
   devtool: 'source-map',
-  target: 'node14.5',
+  target: 'node12', // Continue to target node 12 so that check-node does not fail to load on it.
   node: {
     global: false,
     __filename: false,