---
date: '2021-08-03T08:07:46.962Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 16.6.1 (Current)
layout: blog-post
author: Michaël Zasso
---

### Notable Changes

- Updated npm to 7.20.3 (npm team) [#39579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39579)
- Reverted an ABI-breaking change from V8 9.2 that could impact some native modules (Michaël Zasso) [#39624](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39624)
- Fixed a bug in error handling known to affect at least Webpack and Jest (Guy Bedford) [#39593](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39593)

### Commits

- \[[`6c769ccedf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6c769ccedf)] - **build**: override python executable path on configure (legendecas) [#39465](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39465)
- \[[`cbf6a01c17`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cbf6a01c17)] - **crypto**: fix `generateKeyPair` with encoding 'jwk' (himself65) [#39319](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39319)
- \[[`3091295609`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3091295609)] - **deps**: revert ABI-breaking change from V8 9.2 (Michaël Zasso) [#39624](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39624)
- \[[`06d7b8e8c8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/06d7b8e8c8)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 7.20.3 (npm team) [#39579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39579)
- \[[`7b612fadc2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7b612fadc2)] - **doc**: fix crypto.hkdf callback derivedKey type (Filip Skokan) [#39453](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39453)
- \[[`7a731efd97`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7a731efd97)] - **doc,lib,test**: rename HKDF 'key' argument (Tobias Nießen) [#39474](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39474)
- \[[`93bbaa0ce9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93bbaa0ce9)] - **module**: fix ERR_REQUIRE_ESM error for null frames (Guy Bedford) [#39593](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39593)
- \[[`e13162de09`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e13162de09)] - **module**: refine `enrichCJSError` (Antoine du Hamel) [#39507](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39507)
- \[[`815fbec6f1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/815fbec6f1)] - **repl**: do not include legacy getter/setter methods in completion (Anna Henningsen) [#39576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39576)
- \[[`0405c8d3f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0405c8d3f0)] - **zlib**: avoid converting `Uint8Array` instances to `Buffer` (Antoine du Hamel) [#39492](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39492)

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/win-x86/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/win-x64/node.exe \
macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1.pkg \
macOS Apple Silicon 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz \
macOS Intel 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-linux-x64.tar.xz \
Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-linux-s390x.tar.xz \
AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-aix-ppc64.tar.gz \
ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz \
ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/node-v16.6.1.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.6.1/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v16.6.1/api/

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