diff --git a/types/node/index.d.ts b/types/node/index.d.ts
index 63b06965f6..f768f0aae9 100644
--- a/types/node/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/index.d.ts
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ declare module "child_process" {
         keepOpen?: boolean;
     }
 
-    export type StdioOptions = "pipe" | "ignore" | "inherit" | Array<("pipe" | "ipc" | "ignore" | stream.Stream | number | null | undefined)>;
+    export type StdioOptions = "pipe" | "ignore" | "inherit" | Array<("pipe" | "ipc" | "ignore" | "inherit" | stream.Stream | number | null | undefined)>;
 
     export interface SpawnOptions {
         cwd?: string;
diff --git a/types/node/node-tests.ts b/types/node/node-tests.ts
index a7fcd4d44a..b4681b1d57 100644
--- a/types/node/node-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node/node-tests.ts
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ namespace child_process_tests {
         childProcess.exec("echo test", { windowsHide: true });
         childProcess.spawn("echo", ["test"], { windowsHide: true });
         childProcess.spawn("echo", ["test"], { windowsHide: true, argv0: "echo-test" });
-        childProcess.spawn("echo", ["test"], { stdio: [0xdeadbeef, undefined, "pipe"] });
+        childProcess.spawn("echo", ["test"], { stdio: [0xdeadbeef, "inherit", undefined, "pipe"] });
         childProcess.spawnSync("echo test");
         childProcess.spawnSync("echo test", {windowsVerbatimArguments: false});
         childProcess.spawnSync("echo test", {windowsVerbatimArguments: false, argv0: "echo-test"});