diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
index b646d786dcfe..5d61a71979d0 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.js
@@ -37,15 +37,16 @@ var pkg = require('../../package.json');
 var currentVersion = (process && process.version) || null;
 var rawRequiredVersion = (pkg && pkg.engines && pkg.engines.node) || null;
 var requiredVersion = rawRequiredVersion ? 'v' + rawRequiredVersion : rawRequiredVersion;
-var isVersionValid = !!currentVersion && !!requiredVersion && currentVersion === requiredVersion;
+var requiredVersionMajorMinor = requiredVersion.match(/^v(\d+\.\d+)/)[1]
+var isVersionValid = requiredVersionMajorMinor === currentVersion.match(/^v(\d+\.\d+)/)[1]
 
 // Validates current the NodeJS version compatibility when OpenSearch Dashboards starts.
 if (!isVersionValid) {
   var errorMessage =
     'OpenSearch Dashboards does not support the current Node.js version ' +
     currentVersion +
-    '. Please use Node.js ' +
-    requiredVersion +
+    '. Please use Node.js ~v' +
+    requiredVersionMajorMinor +
     '.';
 
   // Actions to apply when validation fails: error report + exit.
diff --git a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
index 6266a7432ffd..c8b2c62dc371 100644
--- a/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
+++ b/src/setup_node_env/node_version_validator.test.js
@@ -68,4 +68,25 @@ describe('NodeVersionValidator', function () {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  it('should run the script WITHOUT error', function (done) {
+    var matches = REQUIRED_NODE_JS_VERSION.match(/^v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
+    let major = matches[1]
+    let minor = matches[2]
+    let patch = parseInt(matches[3]) + 1 // change patch version to be higher than required
+
+    var processVersionOverwrite =
+      "Object.defineProperty(process, 'version', { value: '" +
+      "v" + major + "." + minor + "." + patch +
+      "', writable: true });";
+    var command =
+      'node -e "' + processVersionOverwrite + "require('./node_version_validator.js')\"";
+
+    exec(command, { cwd: __dirname }, function (error, stdout, stderr) {
+      expect(error).toBeNull();
+      expect(stderr).toBeDefined();
+      expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 });