diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cc821cbde1c3..a9fe72678f70a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.94.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.94.0...v1.94.1) (2021-03-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **s3:** Notifications fail to deploy due to incompatible node runtime ([#13624](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13624)) ([26bc3d4](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/26bc3d4951a96a4bdf3e3e10464a4e3b80ed563f))
+
 ## [1.94.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.93.0...v1.94.0) (2021-03-16)
 
 
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 ## [1.92.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.91.0...v1.92.0) (2021-03-06)
 
-* **ecs-patterns**: the `desiredCount` property stored on the above constructs will be optional, allowing them to be undefined. This is enabled through the `@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns:removeDefaultDesiredCount` feature flag. We would recommend all CDK users to set the `@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns:removeDefaultDesiredCount` flag to `true` for all of their existing applications. 
+* **ecs-patterns**: the `desiredCount` property stored on the above constructs will be optional, allowing them to be undefined. This is enabled through the `@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns:removeDefaultDesiredCount` feature flag. We would recommend all CDK users to set the `@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns:removeDefaultDesiredCount` flag to `true` for all of their existing applications.
 
 ### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES TO EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/test/integ.s3.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/test/integ.s3.expected.json
index e4b5d64e2d04e..96f5a3e6a63d7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/test/integ.s3.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-event-sources/test/integ.s3.expected.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
             "Arn"
           ]
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs12.x",
         "Timeout": 300
       },
       "DependsOn": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/integ.notifications.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/integ.notifications.expected.json
index f0babb81fc0a6..f8b1a350486f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/integ.notifications.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/integ.notifications.expected.json
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
             "Arn"
           ]
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs12.x",
         "Timeout": 300
       },
       "DependsOn": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/lambda/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/lambda/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
index 918c4a9d09334..8eb330f53a91e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/lambda/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/lambda/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
             "Arn"
           ]
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs12.x",
         "Timeout": 300
       },
       "DependsOn": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sns/integ.sns-bucket-notifications.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sns/integ.sns-bucket-notifications.expected.json
index ecdd9d831e74f..2cd8f17706a09 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sns/integ.sns-bucket-notifications.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sns/integ.sns-bucket-notifications.expected.json
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
             "Arn"
           ]
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs12.x",
         "Timeout": 300
       },
       "DependsOn": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sqs/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sqs/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
index ea40221e82f15..0e8a6a56cfb6e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sqs/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3-notifications/test/sqs/integ.bucket-notifications.expected.json
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
             "Arn"
           ]
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs12.x",
         "Timeout": 300
       },
       "DependsOn": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/notifications-resource/notifications-resource-handler.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/notifications-resource/notifications-resource-handler.ts
index 8a47247be1b1e..b013bc0ebd5b8 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/notifications-resource/notifications-resource-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/notifications-resource/notifications-resource-handler.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class NotificationsResourceHandler extends Construct {
         Code: { ZipFile: `exports.handler = ${handler.toString()};` },
         Handler: 'index.handler',
         Role: role.roleArn,
-        Runtime: 'nodejs14.x',
+        Runtime: 'nodejs12.x',
         Timeout: 300,
       },
     });
diff --git a/scripts/bump.js b/scripts/bump.js
index 5d8b4d63a62d0..bcbe8785c436b 100755
--- a/scripts/bump.js
+++ b/scripts/bump.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const forTesting = process.env.BUMP_CANDIDATE || false;
 
 async function main() {
   if (releaseAs !== 'minor' && releaseAs !== 'patch') {
-    throw new error(`invalid bump type "${releaseAs}". only "minor" (the default) and "patch" are allowed. major version bumps require *slightly* more intention`);
+    throw new Error(`invalid bump type "${releaseAs}". only "minor" (the default) and "patch" are allowed. major version bumps require *slightly* more intention`);
   }
 
   console.error(`Starting ${releaseAs} version bump`);
diff --git a/version.v1.json b/version.v1.json
index 3280de4395415..0a93d433950d0 100644
--- a/version.v1.json
+++ b/version.v1.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.94.0"
+  "version": "1.94.1"
 }