diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 12ec36db371..5ac0cf545d2 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -1563,6 +1563,9 @@ void RegisterSignalHandler(int signal,
                            bool reset_handler = false);
 #endif  // _WIN32
 
+// This is kept as a compatibility layer for addons to wrap cppgc-managed objects
+// on Node.js versions without v8::Object::Wrap(). Addons created to work with
+// only Node.js versions with v8::Object::Wrap() should use that instead.
 NODE_DEPRECATED("Use v8::Object::Wrap()",
                 NODE_EXTERN void SetCppgcReference(v8::Isolate* isolate,
                                                    v8::Local<v8::Object> object,
diff --git a/test/addons/cppgc-object/binding.cc b/test/addons/cppgc-object/binding.cc
index 618b051dd30..7fc16a87b84 100644
--- a/test/addons/cppgc-object/binding.cc
+++ b/test/addons/cppgc-object/binding.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class CppGCed : public cppgc::GarbageCollected<CppGCed> {
     assert(heap != nullptr);
     CppGCed* gc_object =
         cppgc::MakeGarbageCollected<CppGCed>(heap->GetAllocationHandle());
-    v8::Object::Wrap<v8::CppHeapPointerTag::kDefaultTag>(
-        isolate, js_object, gc_object);
+    node::SetCppgcReference(isolate, js_object, gc_object);
     args.GetReturnValue().Set(js_object);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_cppgc.cc b/test/cctest/test_cppgc.cc
index ad3b5406d18..a8bbd7db0f7 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_cppgc.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_cppgc.cc
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ class CppGCed : public cppgc::GarbageCollected<CppGCed> {
     CHECK_NOT_NULL(heap);
     CppGCed* gc_object =
         cppgc::MakeGarbageCollected<CppGCed>(heap->GetAllocationHandle());
-    v8::Object::Wrap<v8::CppHeapPointerTag::kDefaultTag>(
-        isolate, js_object, gc_object);
+    node::SetCppgcReference(isolate, js_object, gc_object);
     kConstructCount++;
     args.GetReturnValue().Set(js_object);
   }