diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
index b95622ff3..b97046cff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node-version: [10, 12, 14]
+        node-version: [10, 12, 14, 16]
         os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
diff --git a/lib/socket.js b/lib/socket.js
index 05eda2b84..816102d68 100644
--- a/lib/socket.js
+++ b/lib/socket.js
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ module.exports = class Socket extends EventEmitter {
     debug('socket destroy')
     this.destroyed = true
     this.readable = this.writable = false
+    this.readableEnded = this.writableFinished = true
 
     process.nextTick(() => {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/tests/test_common.js b/tests/test_common.js
index 3c3069cec..d51edb499 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.js
+++ b/tests/test_common.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 const http = require('http')
 const { expect } = require('chai')
 const sinon = require('sinon')
+const semver = require('semver')
 const nock = require('..')
 
 const common = require('../lib/common')
@@ -472,8 +473,12 @@ it('`percentEncode()` encodes extra reserved characters', () => {
 
 describe('`normalizeClientRequestArgs()`', () => {
   it('should throw for invalid URL', () => {
+    // See https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38614 release in node v16.2.0
+    const isNewErrorText = semver.gte(process.versions.node, '16.2.0')
+    const errorText = isNewErrorText ? 'Invalid URL' : 'example.test'
+
     // no schema
-    expect(() => http.get('example.test')).to.throw(TypeError, 'example.test')
+    expect(() => http.get('example.test')).to.throw(TypeError, errorText)
   })
 
   it('can include auth info', async () => {
diff --git a/tests/test_socket.js b/tests/test_socket.js
index 6f110cac8..d455ddbdc 100644
--- a/tests/test_socket.js
+++ b/tests/test_socket.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai')
 const http = require('http')
 const https = require('https')
+const { Readable } = require('stream')
 const nock = require('..')
 
 it('should expose TLSSocket attributes for HTTPS requests', done => {
@@ -50,3 +51,48 @@ describe('`Socket#setTimeout()`', () => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+describe('`Socket#destroy()`', () => {
+  it('can destroy the socket if stream is not finished', async () => {
+    const scope = nock('http://example.test')
+
+    scope.intercept('/somepath', 'GET').reply(() => {
+      const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(10000000)
+      const data = new MemoryReadableStream(buffer, { highWaterMark: 128 })
+      return [200, data]
+    })
+
+    const req = http.get('http://example.test/somepath')
+    const stream = await new Promise(resolve => req.on('response', resolve))
+
+    // close after first chunk of data
+    stream.on('data', () => stream.destroy())
+
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      stream.on('error', reject)
+      stream.on('close', resolve)
+      stream.on('end', resolve)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+class MemoryReadableStream extends Readable {
+  constructor(content) {
+    super()
+    this._content = content
+    this._currentOffset = 0
+  }
+
+  _read(size) {
+    if (this._currentOffset >= this._content.length) {
+      this.push(null)
+      return
+    }
+
+    const nextOffset = this._currentOffset + size
+    const content = this._content.slice(this._currentOffset, nextOffset)
+    this._currentOffset = nextOffset
+
+    this.push(content)
+  }
+}