diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 46f4f32a8dfcf8..dcb14b55050a83 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.24',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.25',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-posix.cc b/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-posix.cc
index 9785904aa05f80..e5aa4de160c375 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-posix.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-posix.cc
@@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ bool OS::SetPermissions(void* address, size_t size, MemoryPermission access) {
 
   int prot = GetProtectionFromMemoryPermission(access);
   int ret = mprotect(address, size, prot);
+
+  // MacOS 11.2 on Apple Silicon refuses to switch permissions from
+  // rwx to none. Just use madvise instead.
+#if defined(V8_OS_MACOSX)
+  if (ret != 0 && access == OS::MemoryPermission::kNoAccess) {
+    ret = madvise(address, size, MADV_FREE_REUSABLE);
+    return ret == 0;
+  }
+#endif
+
   if (ret == 0 && access == OS::MemoryPermission::kNoAccess) {
     // This is advisory; ignore errors and continue execution.
     USE(DiscardSystemPages(address, size));