diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts
index 2bb43a7f..93f93d8f 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/gulpfile.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ const compile = checkTask(() => execNpmCommand('compile'));
 const runTests = checkTask(() => {
   process.env.GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL_XDS_FEDERATION = 'true';
   process.env.GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL_XDS_CUSTOM_LB_CONFIG = 'true';
-  process.env.GRPC_XDS_EXPERIMENTAL_ENABLE_RING_HASH = 'true';
+  if (Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) > 14) {
+    process.env.GRPC_XDS_EXPERIMENTAL_ENABLE_RING_HASH = 'true';
+  }
   return gulp.src(`${outDir}/test/**/*.js`)
     .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'mocha-jenkins-reporter',
                  require: ['ts-node/register']}));
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json b/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
index 9d254854..6ec4548d 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "~1.8.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0"
+    "node": ">=10.10.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "src/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/resolver-xds.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/resolver-xds.ts
index 3acdd232..5182e100 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/resolver-xds.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/resolver-xds.ts
@@ -587,11 +587,16 @@ class XdsResolver implements Resolver {
           const onCommitted = () => {
             this.unrefCluster(clusterResult.name);
           }
-          const hash = action.getHash(metadata, channelId);
+          let hash: string;
+          if (EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH) {
+            hash = `${action.getHash(metadata, channelId)}`;
+          } else {
+            hash = '';
+          }
           return {
             methodConfig: clusterResult.methodConfig,
             onCommitted: onCommitted,
-            pickInformation: {cluster: clusterResult.name, hash: `${hash}`},
+            pickInformation: {cluster: clusterResult.name, hash: hash},
             status: status.OK,
             dynamicFilterFactories: clusterResult.dynamicFilterFactories
           };
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-confg-parsing.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-confg-parsing.ts
index f2065805..c185c852 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-confg-parsing.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-confg-parsing.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { experimental, LoadBalancingConfig } from "@grpc/grpc-js";
 import { register } from "../src";
 import assert = require("assert");
 import parseLoadbalancingConfig = experimental.parseLoadBalancingConfig;
+import { EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH } from "../src/environment";
 
 register();
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ interface TestCase {
   input: object,
   output?: object;
   error?: RegExp;
+  skipIf?: boolean;
 }
 
 /* The main purpose of these tests is to verify that configs that are expected
@@ -319,28 +321,32 @@ const allTestCases: {[lbPolicyName: string]: TestCase[]} = {
       output: {
         min_ring_size: 1024,
         max_ring_size: 4096
-      }
+      },
+      skipIf: !EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH
     },
     {
       name: 'populated config',
       input: {
         min_ring_size: 2048,
         max_ring_size: 8192
-      }
+      },
+      skipIf: !EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH
     },
     {
       name: 'min_ring_size too large',
       input: {
         min_ring_size: 8_388_609
       },
-      error: /min_ring_size/
+      error: /min_ring_size/,
+      skipIf: !EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH
     },
     {
       name: 'max_ring_size too large',
       input: {
         max_ring_size: 8_388_609
       },
-      error: /max_ring_size/
+      error: /max_ring_size/,
+      skipIf: !EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH
     }
   ]
 }
@@ -349,7 +355,10 @@ describe('Load balancing policy config parsing', () => {
   for (const [lbPolicyName, testCases] of Object.entries(allTestCases)) {
     describe(lbPolicyName, () => {
       for (const testCase of testCases) {
-        it(testCase.name, () => {
+        it(testCase.name, function() {
+          if (testCase.skipIf) {
+            this.skip();
+          }
           const lbConfigInput = {[lbPolicyName]: testCase.input};
           if (testCase.error) {
             assert.throws(() => {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-ring-hash.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-ring-hash.ts
index 0a9e893e..af795bc9 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-ring-hash.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/test/test-ring-hash.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import assert = require("assert");
 import { Any } from "../src/generated/google/protobuf/Any";
 import { AnyExtension } from "@grpc/proto-loader";
 import { RingHash } from "../src/generated/envoy/extensions/load_balancing_policies/ring_hash/v3/RingHash";
+import { EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH } from "../src/environment";
 
 register();
 
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ describe('Ring hash LB policy', () => {
     client?.close();
     xdsServer?.shutdownServer();
   });
-  it('Should route requests to the single backend with the old lbPolicy field', done => {
+  it('Should route requests to the single backend with the old lbPolicy field', function(done) {
+    if (!EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH) {
+      this.skip();
+    }
     const cluster = new FakeEdsCluster('cluster1', 'endpoint1', [{backends: [new Backend()], locality:{region: 'region1'}}], 'RING_HASH');
     const routeGroup = new FakeRouteGroup('listener1', 'route1', [{cluster: cluster}]);
     routeGroup.startAllBackends().then(() => {
@@ -59,7 +63,10 @@ describe('Ring hash LB policy', () => {
       client.sendOneCall(done);
     }, reason => done(reason));
   });
-  it('Should route requests to the single backend with the new load_balancing_policy field', done => {
+  it('Should route requests to the single backend with the new load_balancing_policy field', function(done) {
+    if (!EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH) {
+      this.skip();
+    }
     const lbPolicy: AnyExtension & RingHash = {
       '@type': 'type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.load_balancing_policies.ring_hash.v3.RingHash',
       hash_function: 'XX_HASH'
@@ -81,7 +88,10 @@ describe('Ring hash LB policy', () => {
       client.sendOneCall(done);
     }, reason => done(reason));
   });
-  it('Should route all identical requests to the same backend', done => {
+  it('Should route all identical requests to the same backend', function(done) {
+    if (!EXPERIMENTAL_RING_HASH) {
+      this.skip();
+    }
     const backend1 = new Backend();
     const backend2 = new Backend()
     const cluster = new FakeEdsCluster('cluster1', 'endpoint1', [{backends: [backend1, backend2], locality:{region: 'region1'}}], 'RING_HASH');
@@ -105,4 +115,4 @@ describe('Ring hash LB policy', () => {
       })
     }, reason => done(reason));
   });
-})
+});
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 16dff5cb..0adcc0f1 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cd $ROOT
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 if [ ! -n "$node_versions" ] ; then
-  node_versions="16"
+  node_versions="14 16"
 fi
 
 set +ex