# Node.js 16.6.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 16.6.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-16-6-0-current-2629.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.6.0>)

Published: 2021-07-29T23:09:41Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/make.md>)

Tags: [contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributed.md>), [debugger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugger.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [make](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/make.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 16.6.0 updates V8, addresses a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in HTTP/2 stream cancellation, and includes debugger, crypto, async hooks, REPL, build, and dependency changes.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.