---
date: '2023-03-29T18:11:26.675Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 16.20.0 (LTS)
layout: blog-post
author: Bethany Nicolle Griggs
---

### Notable Changes

- **deps:**
  - update undici to 5.20.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46711](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46711)
  - update c-ares to 1.19.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#46415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46415)
  - upgrade npm to 8.19.4 (npm team) [#46677](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46677)
  - update corepack to 0.17.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46842](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46842)
- **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add support for externally shared js builtins (Michael Dawson) [#44376](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44376)

### Commits

- \[[`de6dd67790`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/de6dd67790)] - **crypto**: avoid hang when no algorithm available (Richard Lau) [#46237](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46237)
- \[[`4617512788`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4617512788)] - **crypto**: ensure auth tag set for chacha20-poly1305 (Ben Noordhuis) [#46185](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46185)
- \[[`24972164fc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/24972164fc)] - **deps**: update undici to 5.20.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46711](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46711)
- \[[`85f88c6a8d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/85f88c6a8d)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 90be99fab31c (Michaël Zasso) [#46646](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46646)
- \[[`b4ebe6d47b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b4ebe6d47b)] - **deps**: update c-ares to 1.19.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#46415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46415)
- \[[`56cbc7fdda`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56cbc7fdda)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick c2792e58035f (Jiawen Geng) [#44961](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44961)
- \[[`7af9bdb31e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7af9bdb31e)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 8.19.4 (npm team) [#46677](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46677)
- \[[`962a7471b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/962a7471b5)] - **deps**: update corepack to 0.17.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46842](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46842)
- \[[`748bc96e35`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/748bc96e35)] - **deps**: update corepack to 0.16.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46710](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46710)
- \[[`a467782499`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a467782499)] - **deps**: update corepack to 0.15.3 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#46037](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46037)
- \[[`1913b6763d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1913b6763d)] - **deps**: update corepack to 0.15.2 (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#45635](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45635)
- \[[`809371a15f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/809371a15f)] - **module**: require.resolve.paths returns null with node schema (MURAKAMI Masahiko) [#45147](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45147)
- \[[`086bb2f8d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/086bb2f8d4)] - _**Revert**_ "**src**: let http2 streams end after session close" (Rich Trott) [#46721](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46721)
- \[[`6a01d39120`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6a01d39120)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **src**: add support for externally shared js builtins (Michael Dawson) [#44376](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44376)
- \[[`d081032a60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d081032a60)] - **test**: fix test-net-connect-reset-until-connected (Vita Batrla) [#46781](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46781)
- \[[`efe1be47ec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/efe1be47ec)] - **test**: skip test depending on `overlapped-checker` when not available (Antoine du Hamel) [#45015](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/45015)
- \[[`fc47d58abe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fc47d58abe)] - **test**: remove cjs loader from stack traces (Geoffrey Booth) [#44197](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44197)
- \[[`cf76d0790d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cf76d0790d)] - **test**: fix WPT title when no META title is present (Filip Skokan) [#46804](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46804)
- \[[`0d1485b924`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0d1485b924)] - **test**: fix default WPT titles (Filip Skokan) [#46778](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46778)
- \[[`088e9cde3d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/088e9cde3d)] - **test**: add WPTRunner support for variants and generating WPT reports (Filip Skokan) [#46498](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46498)
- \[[`908c4dff44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/908c4dff44)] - **test**: mark test-crypto-key-objects flaky on Linux (Richard Lau) [#46684](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/46684)
- \[[`768e56227e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/768e56227e)] - **tools**: make `utils.SearchFiles` deterministic (Bruno Pitrus) [#44496](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44496)

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/win-x86/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/win-x64/node.exe \
macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0.pkg \
macOS Apple Silicon 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-darwin-arm64.tar.gz \
macOS Intel 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-linux-x64.tar.xz \
Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
Linux s390x 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-linux-s390x.tar.xz \
AIX 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-aix-ppc64.tar.gz \
ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-linux-armv7l.tar.xz \
ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/node-v16.20.0.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.20.0/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v16.20.0/api/

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