Inaccessible host localhost error when calling the createStream method and using NodeJS 16

[nou2003]

I'm getting the below error when calling the createStream method and using NodeJS 16. The same code is working on NodeJS 14.
The code below is used in a unit test with mocha

### This is the error

Kinesalite started on port 14567
UnknownEndpoint: Inaccessible host: localhost'. This service may not be available in the us-east-1' region.
at Request.ENOTFOUND_ERROR

### This is the code throw error

const localKinesis = require('local_kinesis');

const setupKinesis = async () => {
kinesis = kinesis || await localKinesis.start();
try {
stream = stream || await kinesis.createStream({
ShardCount: 1,
StreamName: streamName
}).promise();
}
catch (e) {
console.log(e.stack);
console.log(e.name);
console.log(e.message);
console.log('Stream already exists, skipping');
}
};

### local_kinesis is defined as

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const kinesalite = require('kinesalite');
const kinesisLocalPort = 14567;

const startKinesis = async (kinesaliteServer) => {
kinesaliteServer.listen(kinesisLocalPort, (err) => {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(Kinesalite started on port ${kinesisLocalPort});
});
};

const start = async () => {
// Returns a standard Node.js HTTP server
const kinesaliteServer = kinesalite({
path: './kinesisTemp',
createStreamMs: 0
});

const kinesis = new AWS.Kinesis({
endpoint: http://localhost:${kinesisLocalPort},
region: 'us-east-1'
});
await startKinesis(kinesaliteServer);
kinesis._server = kinesaliteServer;
return kinesis;
};

const stop = async (kinesis) => {
kinesis._server.close();
};

module.exports = {
start,
stop
};