diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index e2a39626b69fd3..2086214e65f735 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -645,7 +645,12 @@ PerProcessOptionsParser::PerProcessOptionsParser(
             &PerProcessOptions::debug_arraybuffer_allocations,
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
 
-  AddOption("--security-reverts", "", &PerProcessOptions::security_reverts);
+
+  // 12.x renamed this inadvertently, so alias it for consistency within the
+  // release line, while using the original name for consistency with older
+  // release lines.
+  AddOption("--security-revert", "", &PerProcessOptions::security_reverts);
+  AddAlias("--security-reverts", "--security-revert");
   AddOption("--completion-bash",
             "print source-able bash completion script",
             &PerProcessOptions::print_bash_completion);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-security-revert-unknown.js b/test/parallel/test-security-revert-unknown.js
index 688076ce94582a..11f31ccd834406 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-security-revert-unknown.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-security-revert-unknown.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 const os = require('os');
 
 const { signal, status, output } =
-  spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--security-reverts=not-a-cve']);
+  spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--security-revert=not-a-cve']);
 assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
 assert.strictEqual(status, 12);
 assert.strictEqual(