Discord JS – Error: Cannot find module ‘node:events’ on node v16.14.0

I am currently using node v16.14.0 as per the title and getting this error:

Error: Cannot find module 'node:events'
Require stack:
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/node_modules/discord.js/src/index.js
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/discord/bot.js
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/discord/purchase.js
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/webserver.js
- /Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:924:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:769:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:996:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js:3:22)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1092:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1121:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:972:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:813:14)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:996:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/node_modules/discord.js/src/client/BaseClient.js',
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/node_modules/discord.js/src/index.js',
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/discord/bot.js',
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/discord/purchase.js',
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/webserver.js',
    '/Users/username/bp/bp-website/backend/index.js'
  ]
}

I have looked at other questions, however, they all say upgrade to Node v16.6 which I downgraded to to test but also still didn’t work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!