diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 2d53e4b04..e1679f0a1 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -1510,6 +1510,14 @@ Request.prototype.onRequestResponse = function (response) {
         self.emit('end', chunk)
       })
       responseContent.on('error', function (error) {
+        if (error.code === 'ECONNRESET' && error.message === 'aborted' && self.listenerCount('error') === 0) {
+          // Node 16 causes aborts to emit errors if there is an error listener.
+          // Without this short-circuit, it will cause unhandled exceptions since
+          // there is not always an `error` listener on `self`, but there will
+          // always be an `error` listener on `responseContent`.
+          // @see https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33172
+          return
+        }
         self.emit('error', error)
       })
       responseContent.on('close', function () { self.emit('close') })