diff --git a/test/smoke/api/connection.tap.js b/test/smoke/api/connection.test.js
similarity index 61%
rename from test/smoke/api/connection.tap.js
rename to test/smoke/api/connection.test.js
index 53b2089c9a..c1251f68ed 100644
--- a/test/smoke/api/connection.tap.js
+++ b/test/smoke/api/connection.test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
  */
 
 'use strict'
-
-const tap = require('tap')
+const test = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
 const configurator = require('../../../lib/config')
 const Agent = require('../../../lib/agent')
 const { getTestSecret } = require('../../helpers/secrets')
 
 const license = getTestSecret('TEST_LICENSE')
-tap.test('Collector API should connect to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) => {
+test('Collector API should connect to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t, end) => {
   const config = configurator.initialize({
     app_name: 'node.js Tests',
     license_key: license,
@@ -32,20 +32,20 @@ tap.test('Collector API should connect to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) =
   const api = agent.collector
 
   api.connect(function (error, response) {
-    t.error(error, 'connected without error')
+    assert.ok(!error, 'connected without error')
 
     const returned = response && response.payload
-    t.ok(returned, 'got boot configuration')
-    t.ok(returned.agent_run_id, 'got run ID')
-    t.ok(agent.config.run_id, 'run ID set in configuration')
+    assert.ok(returned, 'got boot configuration')
+    assert.ok(returned.agent_run_id, 'got run ID')
+    assert.ok(agent.config.run_id, 'run ID set in configuration')
 
     api.shutdown(function (error) {
-      t.error(error, 'should have shut down without issue')
-      t.notOk(agent.config.run_id, 'run ID should have been cleared by shutdown')
+      assert.ok(!error, 'should have shut down without issue')
+      assert.ok(!agent.config.run_id, 'run ID should have been cleared by shutdown')
 
       agent.stop((err) => {
-        t.error(err, 'should not fail to stop')
-        t.end()
+        assert.ok(!err, 'should not fail to stop')
+        end()
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/test/smoke/api/error-data.tap.js b/test/smoke/api/error-data.test.js
similarity index 77%
rename from test/smoke/api/error-data.tap.js
rename to test/smoke/api/error-data.test.js
index 79579414cf..79d3175726 100644
--- a/test/smoke/api/error-data.tap.js
+++ b/test/smoke/api/error-data.test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
  */
 
 'use strict'
-
-const test = require('tap').test
+const test = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
 const configurator = require('../../../lib/config')
 const Agent = require('../../../lib/agent')
 const { getTestSecret } = require('../../helpers/secrets')
 
 const license = getTestSecret('TEST_LICENSE')
-test('Collector API should send errors to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) => {
+test('Collector API should send errors to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t, end) => {
   const config = configurator.initialize({
     app_name: 'node.js Tests',
     license_key: license,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test('Collector API should send errors to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) =
   const api = agent.collector
 
   api.connect(function (error) {
-    t.error(error, 'connected without error')
+    assert.ok(!error, 'connected without error')
 
     let transaction
     const proxy = agent.tracer.transactionProxy(function () {
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ test('Collector API should send errors to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) =
       transaction.finalizeNameFromUri('/nonexistent', 501)
     })
     proxy()
-    t.ok(transaction, 'got a transaction')
+    assert.ok(transaction, 'got a transaction')
     agent.errors.add(transaction, new Error('test error'))
 
     const payload = [agent.config.run_id, agent.errors.traceAggregator.errors]
 
     api.send('error_data', payload, function (error, command) {
-      t.error(error, 'sent errors without error')
-      t.notOk(command.returned, 'return value is null')
+      assert.ok(!error, 'sent errors without error')
+      assert.ok(!command.returned, 'return value is null')
 
       agent.stop((err) => {
-        t.error(err, 'should not fail to stop')
-        t.end()
+        assert.ok(!err, 'should not fail to stop')
+        end()
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/test/smoke/api/metric-data.tap.js b/test/smoke/api/metric-data.test.js
similarity index 76%
rename from test/smoke/api/metric-data.tap.js
rename to test/smoke/api/metric-data.test.js
index 9eb8a45263..3d966110da 100644
--- a/test/smoke/api/metric-data.tap.js
+++ b/test/smoke/api/metric-data.test.js
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
  */
 
 'use strict'
-
-const test = require('tap').test
+const test = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
 const configurator = require('../../../lib/config')
 const Agent = require('../../../lib/agent')
 const CollectorAPI = require('../../../lib/collector/api')
 const { getTestSecret } = require('../../helpers/secrets')
 
 const license = getTestSecret('TEST_LICENSE')
-test('Collector API should send metrics to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) => {
+test('Collector API should send metrics to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t, end) => {
   const config = configurator.initialize({
     app_name: 'node.js Tests',
     license_key: license,
@@ -34,24 +34,23 @@ test('Collector API should send metrics to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t)
   const api = new CollectorAPI(agent)
 
   api.connect(function (error) {
-    t.notOk(error, 'connected without error')
+    assert.ok(!error, 'connected without error')
 
     agent.metrics.measureMilliseconds('TEST/discard', null, 101)
 
     const metrics = agent.metrics._metrics
 
     const metricJson = metrics.toJSON()
-    t.ok(metricJson.length >= 2, 'Should have at least two metrics.')
+    assert.ok(metricJson.length >= 2, 'Should have at least two metrics.')
 
     const payload = [agent.config.run_id, metrics.started / 1000, Date.now() / 1000, metrics]
 
     api.send('metric_data', payload, function (error, command) {
-      t.notOk(error, 'sent metrics without error')
-      t.ok(command, 'got a response')
-
-      t.same(command, { retainData: false })
+      assert.ok(!error, 'sent metrics without error')
+      assert.ok(command, 'got a response')
 
-      t.end()
+      assert.deepEqual(command, { retainData: false })
+      end()
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.tap.js b/test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.test.js
similarity index 69%
rename from test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.tap.js
rename to test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.test.js
index 9ef88cad53..65fda5c2e7 100644
--- a/test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.tap.js
+++ b/test/smoke/api/transaction-sample-data.test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
  */
 
 'use strict'
-
-const tap = require('tap')
+const test = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
 const configurator = require('../../../lib/config')
 const Agent = require('../../../lib/agent')
 const { getTestSecret } = require('../../helpers/secrets')
 
 const license = getTestSecret('TEST_LICENSE')
-tap.test('Collector API should send transaction traces to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t) => {
+test('Collector API should send transaction traces to staging-collector.newrelic.com', (t, end) => {
   const config = configurator.initialize({
     app_name: 'node.js Tests',
     license_key: license,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ tap.test('Collector API should send transaction traces to staging-collector.newr
   const api = agent.collector
 
   api.connect(function (error) {
-    t.error(error, 'connected without error')
+    assert.ok(!error, 'connected without error')
 
     let transaction
     const proxy = agent.tracer.transactionProxy(function () {
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ tap.test('Collector API should send transaction traces to staging-collector.newr
     // ensure it's slow enough to get traced
     transaction.trace.setDurationInMillis(5001)
     transaction.end()
-    t.ok(agent.traces.trace, 'have a slow trace to send')
+    assert.ok(agent.traces.trace, 'have a slow trace to send')
 
     agent.traces.trace.generateJSON((err, encoded) => {
-      t.error(err, 'should encode trace without error')
-      t.ok(encoded, 'have the encoded trace')
+      assert.ok(!err, 'should encode trace without error')
+      assert.ok(encoded, 'have the encoded trace')
 
       const payload = [agent.config.run_id, [encoded]]
 
       api.send('transaction_sample_data', payload, function (error, command) {
-        t.error(error, 'sent transaction trace without error')
-        t.notOk(command.returned, 'return value is null')
+        assert.ok(!error, 'sent transaction trace without error')
+        assert.ok(!command.returned, 'return value is null')
 
         agent.stop((err) => {
-          t.error(err, 'should not fail to stop')
-          t.end()
+          assert.ok(!err, 'should not fail to stop')
+          end()
         })
       })
     })