From 3813f8901f18d6e04b57a13e6f962f1e05e4f513 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beth Griggs <bgriggs@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 15:36:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 2021-04-20, Version 16.0.0 (Current)

Notable changes:

* TBD

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37678
---
 CHANGELOG.md                     |   5 +
 doc/abi_version_registry.json    |   2 +-
 doc/api/async_hooks.md           |   4 +-
 doc/api/buffer.md                |   4 +-
 doc/api/child_process.md         |   4 +-
 doc/api/cluster.md               |   8 +-
 doc/api/deprecations.md          |  20 ++--
 doc/api/esm.md                   |   2 +-
 doc/api/events.md                |   2 +-
 doc/api/fs.md                    |  26 ++---
 doc/api/globals.md               |   4 +-
 doc/api/http.md                  |  10 +-
 doc/api/modules.md               |   2 +-
 doc/api/packages.md              |   2 +-
 doc/api/perf_hooks.md            |  16 +--
 doc/api/process.md               |   2 +-
 doc/api/url.md                   |  10 +-
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md  |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md  | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md   |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md   |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md   |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md   |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md   |   1 +
 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md   |   1 +
 src/node_version.h               |   2 +-
 33 files changed, 274 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a0c7c5ec485a6..615b278fa62909 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Select a Node.js version below to view the changelog history:
 
+* [Node.js 16](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 15](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md) **Current**
 * [Node.js 14](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md) **Long Term Support**
 * [Node.js 13](doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md) End-of-Life
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ release.
 <!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
 <table>
 <tr>
+  <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md">16</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="Current"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md">15</a><sup>Current</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2023-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md">14</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
   <th title="LTS Until 2022-04"><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md">12</a><sup>LTS</sup></th>
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.0.0">16.0.0</a></b><br/>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top">
 <b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.12.0">15.12.0</a></b><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.11.0">15.11.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.10.0">15.10.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/abi_version_registry.json b/doc/abi_version_registry.json
index b6fcd37300cd07..0f67dddd2df7eb 100644
--- a/doc/abi_version_registry.json
+++ b/doc/abi_version_registry.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "NODE_MODULE_VERSION": [
-    { "modules": 93, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_9.0",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
+    { "modules": 93, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_9.0",               "versions": "16.0.0" },
     { "modules": 92, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.9",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
     { "modules": 91, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.8",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
     { "modules": 90, "runtime": "node",     "variant": "v8_8.7",               "versions": "16.0.0-pre" },
diff --git a/doc/api/async_hooks.md b/doc/api/async_hooks.md
index 83efca6a5c5974..77642300a9845a 100644
--- a/doc/api/async_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/api/async_hooks.md
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ added:
   - v14.8.0
   - v12.19.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36782
     description: Added optional thisArg.
 -->
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ added:
   - v14.8.0
   - v12.19.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36782
     description: Added optional thisArg.
 -->
diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md
index 60c073287baee9..4163969eb003ea 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.md
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.md
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ accessed using `require('buffer')`.
 
 ### `buffer.atob(data)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `Buffer.from(data, 'base64')` instead.
@@ -3300,7 +3300,7 @@ and binary data should be performed using `Buffer.from(str, 'base64')` and
 
 ### `buffer.btoa(data)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `buf.toString('base64')` instead.
diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index aace7566e49764..5c79804780ea7f 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ controller.abort();
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37256
     description: timeout was added.
   - version: v15.11.0
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.90
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37256
     description: timeout was added.
   - version: v15.11.0
diff --git a/doc/api/cluster.md b/doc/api/cluster.md
index 2a59b1dd537ba0..d12c1f12d256d8 100644
--- a/doc/api/cluster.md
+++ b/doc/api/cluster.md
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ This can only be called from the primary process.
 ## `cluster.isMaster`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.8.1
-deprecated: REPLACEME
+deprecated: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 Deprecated alias for [`cluster.isPrimary`][].
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ details.
 
 ## `cluster.isPrimary`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 * {boolean}
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ This object is not intended to be changed or set manually.
 ## `cluster.setupMaster([settings])`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.7.1
-deprecated: REPLACEME
+deprecated: v16.0.0
 changes:
   - version: v6.4.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7838
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ Deprecated alias for [`.setupPrimary()`][].
 
 ## `cluster.setupPrimary([settings])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 * `settings` {Object} See [`cluster.settings`][].
diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index b41ec032904f4f..9f209619a1a13e 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ expose values under these names.
 ### DEP0109: `http`, `https`, and `tls` support for invalid URLs
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36853
     description: End-of-Life.
   - version: v11.0.0
@@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ future release.
 ### DEP0116: Legacy URL API
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.0.0
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ with no performance impact since Node.js 10.
 ### DEP0128: modules with an invalid `main` entry and an `index.js` file
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37204
     description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: v12.0.0
@@ -2389,7 +2389,7 @@ instead.
 ### DEP0130: `Module.createRequireFromPath()`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37201
     description: End-of-life.
   - version: v13.0.0
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ The [`crypto.Certificate()` constructor][] is deprecated. Use
 ### DEP0147: `fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302
     description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: v15.0.0
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ Use `fs.rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true })`,
 ### DEP0148: Folder mappings in `"exports"` (trailing `"/"`)
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215
     description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: v15.1.0
@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ Using a trailing `"/"` to define
 ### DEP0149: `http.IncomingMessage#connection`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33768
     description: Documentation-only deprecation.
  -->
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ Prefer [`message.socket`][] over [`message.connection`][].
 ### DEP0150: Changing the value of `process.config`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902
     description: Runtime deprecation.
 -->
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ change the value has been deprecated and will be disabled in the future.
 ### DEP0151: Main index lookup and extension searching
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37206
     description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: v15.8.0
@@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@ an explicit [`"exports"` or `"main"` entry][] with the exact file extension.
 ### DEP0152: Extension PerformanceEntry properties
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Runtime deprecation.
 -->
diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md
index 73c72855b1fb18..2c2119328ac2cb 100644
--- a/doc/api/esm.md
+++ b/doc/api/esm.md
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ added:
   - v14.13.1
   - v12.20.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246
     description: Added `node:` import support to `require(...)`.
 -->
diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md
index 0307bab2a990e2..f01d1c05452b5b 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.md
+++ b/doc/api/events.md
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ setMaxListeners(5, target, emitter);
 <!-- YAML
 added: v14.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37237
     description: changed EventTarget error handling.
   - version: v15.4.0
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index e11c057802e763..dfe3a7f3d39313 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1045,17 +1045,17 @@ Renames `oldPath` to `newPath`.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fsPromises.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
                  that is a file is no longer permitted and results in an
                  `ENOENT` error on Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fsPromises.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
                  that does not exist is no longer permitted and results in a
                  `ENOENT` error."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302
     description: The `recursive` option is deprecated, using it triggers a
                  deprecation warning.
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ descriptor. See [`fs.utimes()`][].
 <!-- YAML
 deprecated: v0.4.7
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460
     description: The error returned may be an `AggregateError` if more than one
                  error is returned.
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ If `options.withFileTypes` is set to `true`, the `files` array will contain
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.29
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460
     description: The error returned may be an `AggregateError` if more than one
                  error is returned.
@@ -3148,17 +3148,17 @@ rename('oldFile.txt', 'newFile.txt', (err) => {
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.0.2
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path` that is
                  a file is no longer permitted and results in an `ENOENT` error
                  on Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fs.rmdir(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path` that
                  does not exist is no longer permitted and results in a `ENOENT`
                  error."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302
     description: The `recursive` option is deprecated, using it triggers a
                  deprecation warning.
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ example/
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.8.6
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460
     description: The error returned may be an `AggregateError` if more than one
                  error is returned.
@@ -3865,7 +3865,7 @@ details.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.29
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460
     description: The error returned may be an `AggregateError` if more than one
                  error is returned.
@@ -4787,17 +4787,17 @@ See the POSIX rename(2) documentation for more details.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.21
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
                  that is a file is no longer permitted and results in an
                  `ENOENT` error on Windows and an `ENOTDIR` error on POSIX."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216
     description: "Using `fs.rmdirSync(path, { recursive: true })` on a `path`
                  that does not exist is no longer permitted and results in a
                  `ENOENT` error."
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302
     description: The `recursive` option is deprecated, using it triggers a
                  deprecation warning.
diff --git a/doc/api/globals.md b/doc/api/globals.md
index 831ef06bec6094..c12e27982f9f85 100644
--- a/doc/api/globals.md
+++ b/doc/api/globals.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__filename`][].
 
 ## `atob(data)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `Buffer.from(data, 'base64')` instead.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Global alias for [`buffer.atob()`][].
 
 ## `btoa(data)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 > Stability: 3 - Legacy. Use `buf.toString('base64')` instead.
diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index aaddc8e09c4a89..b92d24c55f9dd6 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ terminates them.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.4
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36409
     description: The property now has a `null` prototype.
 -->
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ can have open. Unlike `maxSockets`, this parameter applies across all origins.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.9
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36409
     description: The property now has a `null` prototype.
 -->
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ sockets. Do not modify.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.6
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36409
     description: The property now has a `null` prototype.
 -->
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ const cookie = request.getHeader('Cookie');
 
 ### `request.getRawHeaderNames()`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 * Returns: {string[]}
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ const req = http.request({
 ### `message.connection`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.90
-deprecated: REPLACEME
+deprecated: v16.0.0
  -->
 
 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated. Use [`message.socket`][].
diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index 6d7f4077fe08ac..a28be94e536e49 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ irrespective of whether or not `./foo` and `./FOO` are the same file.
 <!--type=misc-->
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246
     description: Added `node:` import support to `require(...)`.
 -->
diff --git a/doc/api/packages.md b/doc/api/packages.md
index f14770e34d90aa..1fe317cb445e3d 100644
--- a/doc/api/packages.md
+++ b/doc/api/packages.md
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ targets, this expansion is dependent on only the files of the package itself.
 ### Subpath folder mappings
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215
     description: Runtime deprecation.
   - version: v15.1.0
diff --git a/doc/api/perf_hooks.md b/doc/api/perf_hooks.md
index 4822ca331ee9ce..11795b98dc71fa 100644
--- a/doc/api/perf_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/api/perf_hooks.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ are not guaranteed to reflect any correct state of the event loop.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Updated to conform to the User Timing Level 3 specification.
 -->
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ to mark specific significant moments in the Performance Timeline.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Updated to conform to the User Timing Level 3 specification.
   - version:
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ which the current `node` process began, measured in Unix time.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37475
     description: Added the histogram option.
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Re-implemented to use pure-JavaScript and the ability
                  to time async functions.
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ added: v8.5.0
 
 ### `performanceEntry.details`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.0.0
 -->
 
 * {any}
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ added:
  - v13.9.0
  - v12.17.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Runtime deprecated. Now moved to the detail property
                  when entryType is 'gc'.
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ The name of the performance entry.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Runtime deprecated. Now moved to the detail property
                  when entryType is 'gc'.
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ Disconnects the `PerformanceObserver` instance from all notifications.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v8.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136
     description: Updated to conform to User Timing Level 3. The
                  buffered option has been removed.
diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 938f348b21959b..2212cc9c8958a9 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ This feature is not available in [`Worker`][] threads.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.7.7
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902
     description: Modifying process.config has been deprecated.
 -->
diff --git a/doc/api/url.md b/doc/api/url.md
index 8ad7c5eed5019a..70fd97677c2113 100644
--- a/doc/api/url.md
+++ b/doc/api/url.md
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ console.log(urlToHttpOptions(myUrl));
 ## Legacy URL API
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.0.0
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ changes:
 ### Legacy `urlObject`
 <!-- YAML
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.0.0
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ forward-slash characters (`/`) are required following the colon in the
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.25
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.0.0
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ The formatting process operates as follows:
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.25
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.14.0
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ incorrect handling of usernames and passwords have been identified.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.25
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v16.0.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37784
     description: Deprecation revoked. Status changed to "Legacy".
   - version: v11.0.0
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
index 50ad492c21bd06..5d375fa17ffba3 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V010.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
index d518019b97db57..3b2d19692ca8ce 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V012.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
index de22981f4b3657..25f41fdd63b0bf 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
index 8264af62cf2e0c..8ff4527f81f9f8 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
index dc12d7cd5337b3..5e36f8b9d5520c 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V12.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
index c26fd235d48f68..412824b14d2f65 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V13.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [12.x](CHANGELOG_V12.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
index 464a5d0e1156ef..d0c60d0bc13159 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
   * [12.x](CHANGELOG_V12.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
index 12577fc386b39c..d1bbae54014eaf 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
   * [12.x](CHANGELOG_V12.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dfc774ef3a3362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+# Node.js 16 ChangeLog
+
+<!--lint disable prohibited-strings-->
+<!--lint disable maximum-line-length-->
+<!--lint disable no-literal-urls-->
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<th>Current</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<a href="#16.0.0">16.0.0</a><br/>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+* Other Versions
+  * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
+  * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
+  * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
+  * [12.x](CHANGELOG_V12.md)
+  * [11.x](CHANGELOG_V11.md)
+  * [10.x](CHANGELOG_V10.md)
+  * [9.x](CHANGELOG_V9.md)
+  * [8.x](CHANGELOG_V8.md)
+  * [7.x](CHANGELOG_V7.md)
+  * [6.x](CHANGELOG_V6.md)
+  * [5.x](CHANGELOG_V5.md)
+  * [4.x](CHANGELOG_V4.md)
+  * [0.12.x](CHANGELOG_V012.md)
+  * [0.10.x](CHANGELOG_V010.md)
+  * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
+  * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
+
+<a id="16.0.0"></a>
+## 2021-04-20, Version 16.0.0 (Current), @BethGriggs
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+#### Deprecations and Removals
+
+* [[`9948036ee0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9948036ee0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: remove permissive rmdir recursive (Antoine du Hamel) [#37216](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216)
+* [[`0ddd75bcd8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ddd75bcd8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: runtime deprecate rmdir recursive option (Antoine du Hamel) [#37302](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302)
+* [[`3bee6d8aad`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3bee6d8aad)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('crypto') (James M Snell) [#37790](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37790)
+* [[`ac00df112e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac00df112e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('signal\_wrap') (James M Snell) [#37800](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37800)
+* [[`ae595d76e3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ae595d76e3)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('v8') (James M Snell) [#37789](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37789)
+* [[`1468c9ff7c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1468c9ff7c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('async\_wrap') (James M Snell) [#37576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37576)
+* [[`674614b3f5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/674614b3f5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: remove module.createRequireFromPath (Antoine du Hamel) [#37201](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37201)
+* [[`3cc9aec988`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3cc9aec988)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate subpath folder mappings (Antoine du Hamel) [#37215](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215)
+* [[`9fab73c73b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9fab73c73b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate "main" index and extension lookups (Antoine du Hamel) [#37206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37206)
+* [[`76a073b67e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/76a073b67e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate invalid package.json main entries (Antoine du Hamel) [#37204](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37204)
+* [[`96f3977ded`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96f3977ded)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: runtime deprecate changing process.config (James M Snell) [#36902](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902)
+* [[`8e8dea36cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8e8dea36cc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated GetCreationContext from V8 (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`8f5cce6862`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8f5cce6862)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated V8 module APIs (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`001dc16cf1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/001dc16cf1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated V8 module and script APIs (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+
+#### V8 9.0
+
+* TBD
+
+#### Other Notable Changes
+
+* [[`d1e2184c8e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1e2184c8e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: expose btoa and atob as globals (James M Snell) [#37786](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37786)
+* [[`4686cb5d81`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4686cb5d81)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: add http.ClientRequest.getRawHeaderNames() (simov) [#37660](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37660)
+* [[`e2f5bb7574`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e2f5bb7574)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **http**: align with stream.Writable (Robert Nagy) [#36816](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36816)
+* [[`15164cebce`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/15164cebce)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,src**: update cluster to use Parent (Michael Dawson) [#36478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36478)
+* [[`069b5df4f6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/069b5df4f6)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **module**: add support for `node:`‑prefixed `require(…)` calls (ExE Boss) [#37246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246)
+* [[`95391fe689`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/95391fe689)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **repl**: add auto‑completion for `node:`‑prefixed `require(…)` calls (ExE Boss) [#37246](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37246)
+
+### Semver-Major Commits
+
+* [[`324a6c235a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/324a6c235a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **async_hooks**: add thisArg to AsyncResource.bind (James M Snell) [#36782](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36782)
+* [[`d1e2184c8e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d1e2184c8e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **buffer**: expose btoa and atob as globals (James M Snell) [#37786](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37786)
+* [[`a572a4e34e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a572a4e34e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`38f32386c1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38f32386c1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: include minimal V8 headers in distribution (Michaël Zasso) [#37570](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37570)
+* [[`f3c7078245`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3c7078245)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`842389839b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/842389839b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`a19af5ee71`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a19af5ee71)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: use C++11 ABI with libstdc++ (Anna Henningsen) [#36634](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36634)
+* [[`8d6b74d347`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d6b74d347)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: enable ASLR (PIE) on OS X (woodfairy) [#35704](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35704)
+* [[`98d1ae47cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/98d1ae47cf)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **build**: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`64d5be25ab`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/64d5be25ab)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 1648e050cade (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`621b544909`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/621b544909)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: silence irrelevant V8 warnings (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`0d78bc3101`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0d78bc3101)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`5214918856`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5214918856)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`6b3caf77b2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6b3caf77b2)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: forward declaration of `Rtl\*FunctionTable` (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`d0a032fafb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d0a032fafb)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`c8b2fa642e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8b2fa642e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`732ad99e47`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/732ad99e47)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 9.0.257.11 (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`43cc8e4b2e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/43cc8e4b2e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: bump minimum ICU version to 68 (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`8eeecc19ae`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8eeecc19ae)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 8957d4677aa7 (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`b186142a0b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b186142a0b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: backport a11395433dbd (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`290f2d8d3e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/290f2d8d3e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick deb0813166f3 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`63ed0b8bfe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/63ed0b8bfe)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 9a6a22874c81 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`47f1c5257a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47f1c5257a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: silence irrelevant V8 warning (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`19d975241f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/19d975241f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: workaround stod() limitations on SmartOS (Colin Ihrig) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`70f928c6a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/70f928c6a6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`b045e39513`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b045e39513)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on Xcode 8 (Mary Marchini) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`32725d2224`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/32725d2224)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`fe3cee7b37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe3cee7b37)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: forward declaration of `Rtl\*FunctionTable` (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`b2d05f7349`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2d05f7349)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`c7a0ab4e3d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7a0ab4e3d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on older XCode versions (Ujjwal Sharma) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`60b623ee90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60b623ee90)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`c5ff019a4e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c5ff019a4e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.9.255.19 (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`577ff9fee5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/577ff9fee5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick deb0813166f3 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`00e1c7ea83`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/00e1c7ea83)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 9a6a22874c81 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`ee01d6b7fc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ee01d6b7fc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 2059ee813359 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`2dad8d43cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2dad8d43cc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick bde7ee5473d6 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`3046131ea0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3046131ea0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 9a712984025e (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`d178d0738f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d178d0738f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 0b96e5b0bfb2 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`5c71ea151a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5c71ea151a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick fbb28902e049 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`c8e15cd2c6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8e15cd2c6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 821fb3883a8e (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`b0d67426af`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b0d67426af)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: workaround stod() limitations on SmartOS (Colin Ihrig) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`c8a658ac53`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c8a658ac53)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`153b8cea36`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/153b8cea36)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on Xcode 8 (Mary Marchini) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`a785984133`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a785984133)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: silence irrelevant warnings (Michaël Zasso) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`246c9b8c31`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/246c9b8c31)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`96a567f9e9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96a567f9e9)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: forward declaration of `Rtl\*FunctionTable` (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`e74383cecb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e74383cecb)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`732847f1eb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/732847f1eb)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on older XCode versions (Ujjwal Sharma) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`70171d186f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/70171d186f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`c7b3292251`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7b3292251)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.8.278.17 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`15c91c6dd5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/15c91c6dd5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 821fb3883a8e (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`40b2fa4832`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/40b2fa4832)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 45e49775f5a3 (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`cd91ab5865`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cd91ab5865)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 7b3a27b7ae65 (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`f4fc099080`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f4fc099080)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: cherry-pick d76abfed3512 (Michaël Zasso) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`6200176ef0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6200176ef0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`bd5642deb9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bd5642deb9)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 postmortem metadata script (Colin Ihrig) [#35415](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35415)
+* [[`9ae7159216`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9ae7159216)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 postmortem metadata script (Colin Ihrig) [#33579](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33579)
+* [[`f4b4e21b2f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f4b4e21b2f)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on Xcode 8 (Mary Marchini) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`f6a84540d8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f6a84540d8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: silence irrelevant warnings (Michaël Zasso) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`bbc3f46572`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bbc3f46572)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`0c988642dc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c988642dc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: forward declaration of `Rtl\*FunctionTable` (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`703bf933d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/703bf933d4)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`5451975b18`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5451975b18)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: patch V8 to run on older XCode versions (Ujjwal Sharma) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`c460f7af4d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c460f7af4d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`48db20f6f5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/48db20f6f5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 8.7.220 (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`d85e1f0703`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d85e1f0703)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **dns**: use url module instead of punycode for IDNA (Antoine du Hamel) [#35091](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35091)
+* [[`290c158018`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/290c158018)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported Xcode to 11 (Michaël Zasso) [#37872](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37872)
+* [[`1ff2918d80`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1ff2918d80)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update minimum supported GCC to 8.3 (Michaël Zasso) [#37871](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37871)
+* [[`2706e67116`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2706e67116)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: update AIX to GCC8 for v16.x (Ash Cripps) [#37677](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37677)
+* [[`ac2c8c530d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac2c8c530d)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: fixup http.IncomingMessage deprecation code (Guy Bedford) [#36917](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36917)
+* [[`5ae5ca90ef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5ae5ca90ef)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **doc**: add http.IncomingMessage#connection (Pranshu Srivastava) [#33768](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33768)
+* [[`83d6e63aee`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/83d6e63aee)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **events**: change EventTarget handler exception behavior (Nitzan Uziely) [#37237](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37237)
+* [[`9948036ee0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9948036ee0)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: remove permissive rmdir recursive (Antoine du Hamel) [#37216](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37216)
+* [[`d4693ff430`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4693ff430)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: add validation for fd and path (Dylan Elliott) [#35187](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35187)
+* [[`0ddd75bcd8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0ddd75bcd8)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: runtime deprecate rmdir recursive option (Antoine du Hamel) [#37302](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37302)
+* [[`da217d0773`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da217d0773)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **fs**: fix flag and mode validation (James M Snell) [#37480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37480)
+* [[`e2f5bb7574`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e2f5bb7574)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **http**: align with stream.Writable (Robert Nagy) [#36816](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36816)
+* [[`2ef9a76ece`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2ef9a76ece)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **http**: use objects with null prototype in Agent (Michaël Zasso) [#36409](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36409)
+* [[`3bee6d8aad`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3bee6d8aad)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('crypto') (James M Snell) [#37790](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37790)
+* [[`ac00df112e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ac00df112e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('signal\_wrap') (James M Snell) [#37800](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37800)
+* [[`ae595d76e3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ae595d76e3)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('v8') (James M Snell) [#37789](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37789)
+* [[`104dac79cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/104dac79cc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: aggregate errors to avoid error swallowing (Antoine du Hamel) [#37460](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37460)
+* [[`8d78d9ef27`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d78d9ef27)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: load v8\_prof\_processor dependencies as ESM (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`1468c9ff7c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1468c9ff7c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: runtime deprecate access to process.binding('async\_wrap') (James M Snell) [#37576](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37576)
+* [[`295e766c27`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/295e766c27)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: remove usage of url.parse (raisinten) [#36853](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36853)
+* [[`cb3020d824`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cb3020d824)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib**: add error handling for input stream (rexagod) [#31603](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31603)
+* [[`15164cebce`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/15164cebce)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **lib,src**: update cluster to use Parent (Michael Dawson) [#36478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36478)
+* [[`3cc9aec988`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3cc9aec988)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate subpath folder mappings (Antoine du Hamel) [#37215](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37215)
+* [[`9fab73c73b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9fab73c73b)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate "main" index and extension lookups (Antoine du Hamel) [#37206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37206)
+* [[`76a073b67e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/76a073b67e)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: runtime deprecate invalid package.json main entries (Antoine du Hamel) [#37204](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37204)
+* [[`674614b3f5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/674614b3f5)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: remove module.createRequireFromPath (Antoine du Hamel) [#37201](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37201)
+* [[`aecd5ebf49`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/aecd5ebf49)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **module**: only set cache when finding module succeeds (Yongsheng Zhang) [#36642](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36642)
+* [[`f3eb224c83`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3eb224c83)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **perf_hooks**: complete overhaul of the implementation (James M Snell) [#37136](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37136)
+* [[`f1753d4c76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f1753d4c76)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: disallow adding options to process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags (Antoine du Hamel) [#36660](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36660)
+* [[`96f3977ded`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96f3977ded)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **process**: runtime deprecate changing process.config (James M Snell) [#36902](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36902)
+* [[`45dbcbef90`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/45dbcbef90)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **readline**: cursorTo throw error on NaN (Zijian Liu) [#36379](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36379)
+* [[`8e8dea36cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8e8dea36cc)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated GetCreationContext from V8 (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`b1c1c4695c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b1c1c4695c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: remove V8\_FT\_ADAPTOR for V8 update (Colin Ihrig) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`8f5cce6862`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8f5cce6862)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated V8 module APIs (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`497f6ca5b4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/497f6ca5b4)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: update NODE\_MODULE\_VERSION to 93 (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`001dc16cf1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/001dc16cf1)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: use non-deprecated V8 module and script APIs (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`47a90d9f37`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/47a90d9f37)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: update NODE\_MODULE\_VERSION to 92 (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`5259d17309`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5259d17309)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: update NODE\_MODULE\_VERSION to 91 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`bf79987433`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf79987433)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: mark internally exported functions as explicitly internal (Tyler Ang-Wanek) [#37000](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37000)
+* [[`1fe571aa0c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1fe571aa0c)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: inline AsyncCleanupHookHandle in headers (Tyler Ang-Wanek) [#37000](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37000)
+* [[`6f9cbcf6a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6f9cbcf6a6)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: fix v8 api deprecation (Jiawen Geng) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`9d4d55bd94`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d4d55bd94)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: update NODE\_MODULE\_VERSION to 90 (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`dfc288e7fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dfc288e7fd)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **src**: clean up embedder API (Anna Henningsen) [#35897](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35897)
+* [[`fa3997d75a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fa3997d75a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: mark test-return-on-exit as flaky (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`896ae96a15`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/896ae96a15)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **test**: mark WASI's test-return-on-exit as flaky (Colin Ihrig) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`9843361c07`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9843361c07)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tools**: update V8 gypfiles for 9.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`017661768a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/017661768a)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tools**: update V8 gypfiles for 8.9 (Michaël Zasso) [#37330](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37330)
+* [[`79da253473`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/79da253473)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tools**: update V8 gypfiles for 8.8 (Michaël Zasso) [#36139](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36139)
+* [[`770d9e2542`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/770d9e2542)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **tools**: update V8 gypfiles for 8.7 (Michaël Zasso) [#35700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35700)
+* [[`65e8864fa3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/65e8864fa3)] - **(SEMVER-MAJOR)** **worker**: send correct error status for worker init (Yash Ladha) [#36242](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36242)
+
+### Semver-Minor Commits
+
+* TBD
+
+### Semver-Patch Commits
+
+* TBD
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
index 64a452f8b91231..089bc23f9d5125 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V4.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
index 00735a73982265..79c92d09418fca 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V5.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
index 6444d9c46b8b20..68d243d03f6707 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V6.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
index e094ddedc2fe98..9f5581129c1fc6 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V7.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
index 536e1a58476918..f64372f41b44e3 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V8.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
index dc5bfe086e81f9..6721296dd422d9 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 </table>
 
 * Other Versions
+  * [16.x](CHANGELOG_V16.md)
   * [15.x](CHANGELOG_V15.md)
   * [14.x](CHANGELOG_V14.md)
   * [13.x](CHANGELOG_V13.md)
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 4242b4367edcd9..99ba95bda0ba67 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)