Node.js v25.5.0 released!

NewsBot · 26 January 2026 22:22

Node.js v25.5.0 has been released.

Notable Changes

[99a4e51f93] - crypto: update root certificates to NSS 3.119 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #61419

[fbe4da5725] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: add LIEF as a dependency (Joyee Cheung) #61167

[0feab0f083] - (SEMVER-MINOR) deps: add tools and scripts to pull LIEF as a dependency (Joyee Cheung) #61167

[e91b296001] - (SEMVER-MINOR) fs: add ignore option to fs.watch (Matteo Collina) #61433

[b351910af1] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sea: add --build-sea to generate SEA directly with Node.js binary (Joyee Cheung) #61167

[957292e233] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sea: split sea binary manipulation code (Joyee Cheung) #61167

[f289817ff8] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sqlite: enable defensive mode by default (Bart Louwers) #61266

[069f3603e2] - (SEMVER-MINOR) sqlite: add sqlite prepare options args (Guilherme Araújo) #61311

[5a984b9a09] - src: use node- prefix on thread names (Stewart X Addison) #61307

[75c06bc2a8] - (SEMVER-MINOR) test: migrate to --build-sea in existing SEA…

Link: Release 2026-01-26, Version 25.5.0 (Current), @aduh95 · nodejs/node · GitHub