# Node.js 17.0.0 (Current)

DevFeed: [Node.js 17.0.0 (Current)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/node-js-17-0-0-current-2636.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.0.0>)

Published: 2021-10-19T15:42:09Z

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>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [V8](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/v8.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [fips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [msvc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/msvc.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [quic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quic.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js 17.0.0 is a current release that introduces OpenSSL 3.0 with QUIC and renewed FIPS support, updates the V8 JavaScript engine to 9.5, upgrades npm to 8.1.0, and adds several runtime, stream, filesystem, and build changes. The release also includes deprecations and potentially breaking changes affecting DNS behavior, module resolution patterns, cryptographic algorithms, and key sizes.

## 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.