diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/.tav.yml b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/.tav.yml
index 52b6d2bcd3..603ce40daf 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/.tav.yml
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/.tav.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 graphql:
   # Taking a sample from the most downloaded versions in the range "14 || 15 || 16"
-  versions: "^16.4.0 || 16.3.0 || 16.2.0 || ^15.8.0 || 15.7.2 || 15.6.1 || 15.6.0 || 15.5.3 || 15.5.1 || 15.5.0 || 15.4.0 || 15.3.0 || 14.7.0 || 14.6.0 || 14.5.8 || 14.0.0"
+  versions: "16.4.0 || 16.3.0 || 16.2.0 || 16.0.0 || ^15.8.0 || 15.7.2 || 15.6.1 || 15.6.0 || 15.5.3 || 15.5.1 || 15.5.0 || 15.4.0 || 15.3.0 || ^14.7.0 || 14.6.0 || 14.5.8 || 14.0.0"
   commands: npm run test
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/package.json
index b0f75720fe..5263b7c7e3 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "1.2.0",
     "@types/mocha": "8.2.3",
     "@types/node": "16.11.21",
-    "graphql": "^15.5.1",
+    "graphql": "^16.5.0",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/instrumentation.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/instrumentation.ts
index 52c7465a2f..efb54b6c87 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ export class GraphQLInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
         schema: graphqlTypes.GraphQLSchema,
         documentAST: graphqlTypes.DocumentNode,
         rules?: ReadonlyArray<graphqlTypes.ValidationRule>,
-        typeInfo?: graphqlTypes.TypeInfo,
-        options?: { maxErrors?: number }
+        options?: { maxErrors?: number },
+        typeInfo?: graphqlTypes.TypeInfo
       ): ReadonlyArray<graphqlTypes.GraphQLError> {
         return instrumentation._validate(
           this,
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ export class GraphQLInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
             schema,
             documentAST,
             rules,
-            typeInfo,
-            options
+            options,
+            typeInfo
           );
         },
         (err, errors) => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
index 7f457dafcf..f783140bed 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ export type validateType = (
   schema: graphqlTypes.GraphQLSchema,
   documentAST: graphqlTypes.DocumentNode,
   rules?: ReadonlyArray<graphqlTypes.ValidationRule>,
-  typeInfo?: graphqlTypes.TypeInfo,
-  options?: { maxErrors?: number }
+  options?: { maxErrors?: number },
+  typeInfo?: graphqlTypes.TypeInfo
 ) => ReadonlyArray<graphqlTypes.GraphQLError>;
 
 export interface GraphQLField {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
index 052953a5e5..0a938dfb72 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,13 @@ export function wrapFieldResolver<TSource = any, TContext = any, TArgs = any>(
             >
         >(
           () => {
-            return fieldResolver.call(this, source, args, contextValue, info);
+            return fieldResolver.call(
+              this,
+              source,
+              args,
+              contextValue,
+              info
+            ) as any;
           },
           err => {
             if (shouldEndSpan) {
@@ -421,7 +427,7 @@ async function safeExecuteInTheMiddleAsync<T>(
   try {
     result = await execute();
   } catch (e) {
-    error = e;
+    error = e as Error;
   } finally {
     onFinish(error, result);
     if (error && !preventThrowingError) {
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/test/graphql.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/test/graphql.test.ts
index 058e15d0c5..390893bf46 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/test/graphql.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/test/graphql.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
 provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 graphQLInstrumentation.setTracerProvider(provider);
 
+const majorNodeVersion = Number(process.version.substring(1).split('.')[0]);
+const itMaybe = majorNodeVersion >= 12 ? it : it.skip;
+
 describe('graphql', () => {
   function create(config: GraphQLInstrumentationConfig = {}) {
     graphQLInstrumentation.setConfig(config);
@@ -976,7 +979,7 @@ describe('graphql', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(spans.length, 1);
     });
 
-    it('should instrument parse with error', () => {
+    itMaybe('should instrument parse with error', () => {
       const parseSpan = spans[0];
       const event = parseSpan.events[0];
 
@@ -1043,7 +1046,7 @@ describe('graphql', () => {
 
   describe('responseHook', () => {
     let spans: ReadableSpan[];
-    let graphqlResult: graphqlTypes.ExecutionResult;
+    let graphqlResult: graphqlTypes.ExecutionResult<{ books: unknown[] }>;
     const dataAttributeName = 'graphql_data';
 
     afterEach(() => {