diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c48f58c7af9fb..5bb01e8612c1e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.5.1">15.5.1</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.6.0">15.6.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.5.1">15.5.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.5.0">15.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.4.0">15.4.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md#15.3.0">15.3.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md
index afd756db79ec77..87a62ddbbc864e 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.md
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.md
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ controller.abort();
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.5.0
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v15.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36603
     description: AbortSignal support was added.
   - version:
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ subprocess.unref();
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.7.10
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v15.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29412
     description: Added the `overlapped` stdio flag.
   - version: v3.3.1
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index af1d6a7ad09751..5373f97fca07a9 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ environment data.
 
 ### `--secure-heap=n`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
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 Initializes an OpenSSL secure heap of `n` bytes. When initialized, the
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ See [`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`][] for more details.
 
 ### `--secure-heap-min=n`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 When using `--secure-heap`, the `--secure-heap-min` flag specifies the
diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md
index b7977120fa4924..797e17bdecb20a 100644
--- a/doc/api/crypto.md
+++ b/doc/api/crypto.md
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ be passed instead of a public key.
 
 ## Class: `X509Certificate`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 Encapsulates an X509 certificate and provides read-only access to
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ console.log(x509.subject);
 
 ### `new X509Certificate(buffer)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `buffer` {string|TypedArray|Buffer|DataView} A PEM or DER encoded
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 ### `x509.ca`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {boolean} Will be `true` if this is a Certificate Authority (ca)
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ added: REPLACEME
 
 ### `x509.checkEmail(email[, options])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `email` {string}
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ Checks whether the certificate matches the given email address.
 
 ### `x509.checkHost(name[, options])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `name` {string}
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ Checks whether the certificate matches the given host name.
 
 ### `x509.checkIP(ip[, options])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `ip` {string}
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ Checks whether the certificate matches the given IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).
 
 ### `x509.checkIssued(otherCert)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `otherCert` {X509Certificate}
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ Checks whether this certificate was issued by the given `otherCert`.
 
 ### `x509.checkPrivateKey(privateKey)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `privateKey` {KeyObject} A private key.
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ the given private key.
 
 ### `x509.fingerprint`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ The SHA-1 fingerprint of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.fingerprint256`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ The SHA-256 fingerprint of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.infoAccess`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ The information access content of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.issuer`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ The issuer identification included in this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.keyUsage`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string[]}
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ An array detailing the key usages for this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.publicKey`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {KeyObject}
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ The public key {KeyObject} for this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.raw`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {Buffer}
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ A `Buffer` containing the DER encoding of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.serialNumber`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ The serial number of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.subject`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ The complete subject of this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.subjectAltName`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ The subject alternative name specified for this certificate.
 
 ### `x509.toJSON()`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ certificate.
 
 ### `x509.toLegacyObject()`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {Object}
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ Returns information about this certificate using the legacy
 
 ### `x509.toString()`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ Returns the PEM-encoded certificate.
 
 ### `x509.validFrom`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ The date/time from which this certificate is considered valid.
 
 ### `x509.validTo`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Type: {string}
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ The date/time until which this certificate is considered valid.
 
 ### `x509.verify(publicKey)`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `publicKey` {KeyObject} A public key.
@@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ console.log(`The dice rolled: ${n}`);
 
 ### `crypto.randomUUID([options])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * `options` {Object}
@@ -3547,7 +3547,7 @@ console.log(key2.toString('hex'));  // '3745e48...aa39b34'
 
 ### `crypto.secureHeapUsed()`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v15.6.0
 -->
 
 * Returns: {Object}
diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 368eefb76fa80b..47e34c6a58857c 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ http.get({
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.4
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v15.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36685
     description: Change the default scheduling from 'fifo' to 'lifo'.
   - version:
diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md
index 137929ea83d70c..d489070e24018b 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.md
+++ b/doc/api/net.md
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Listening on a file descriptor is not supported on Windows.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.11.14
 changes:
-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v15.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36623
     description: AbortSignal support was added.
   - version: v11.4.0
diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 5b6e4c5e99fead..cfd1866f3d9f13 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ program memory allocations.
 
 ## `process.memoryUsage.rss()`
 <!-- YAML
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+added: v15.6.0
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 * Returns: {integer}
diff --git a/doc/api/worker_threads.md b/doc/api/worker_threads.md
index f7dfea6b9eaa07..f3d8f44e4abac3 100644
--- a/doc/api/worker_threads.md
+++ b/doc/api/worker_threads.md
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ are part of the channel.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.5.0
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-  - version: REPLACEME
+  - version: v15.6.0
     pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36804
     description: Added `X509Certificate` tot he list of cloneable types.
   - version:
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
index 8a9b03c98913b7..725e4648ba2f90 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V15.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#15.6.0">15.6.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#15.5.1">15.5.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#15.5.0">15.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#15.4.0">15.4.0</a><br/>
@@ -40,6 +41,190 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="15.6.0"></a>
+## 2021-01-12, Version 15.6.0 (Current), @danielleadams
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* **child_process**:
+  * add 'overlapped' stdio flag (Thiago Padilha) [#29412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29412)
+  * support AbortSignal in fork (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#36603](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36603)
+* **crypto**:
+  * implement basic secure heap support (James M Snell) [#36779](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36779)
+  * fixup bug in keygen error handling (James M Snell) [#36779](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36779)
+  * introduce X509Certificate API (James M Snell) [#36804](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36804)
+  * implement randomuuid (James M Snell) [#36729](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36729)
+* **doc**:
+  * update release key for Danielle Adams (Danielle Adams) [#36793](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36793)
+  * add dnlup to collaborators (Daniele Belardi) [#36849](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36849)
+  * add panva to collaborators (Filip Skokan) [#36802](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36802)
+  * add yashLadha to collaborator (Yash Ladha) [#36666](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36666)
+* **http**:
+  * set lifo as the default scheduling strategy in Agent (Matteo Collina) [#36685](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36685)
+* **net**:
+  * support abortSignal in server.listen (Nitzan Uziely) [#36623](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36623)
+* **process**:
+  * add direct access to rss without iterating pages (Adrien Maret) [#34291](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34291)
+* **v8**:
+  * fix native `serdes` constructors (ExE Boss) [#36549](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36549)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`3ca7a786c5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ca7a786c5)] - **benchmark**: fix http2 benchmarks (Rich Trott) [#36871](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36871)
+* [[`4601886d7c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4601886d7c)] - **benchmark**: fix http/headers.js with test-double (Rich Trott) [#36794](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36794)
+* [[`7aedda9dcd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7aedda9dcd)] - **benchmark**: add simple https benchmark (Andrey Pechkurov) [#36612](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36612)
+* [[`822ac48272`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/822ac48272)] - **buffer**: make FastBuffer safe to construct (Antoine du Hamel) [#36587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36587)
+* [[`21f329532f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/21f329532f)] - **build**: refactor Makefile (raisinten) [#36759](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36759)
+* [[`857b98eed9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/857b98eed9)] - **build**: fix unknown warning option (raisinten) [#36629](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36629)
+* [[`ffaa8c1735`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ffaa8c1735)] - **build**: do not "exit" a script meant to be "source"d (François-Denis Gonthier) [#35520](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35520)
+* [[`9bc2cec848`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9bc2cec848)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **child_process**: add 'overlapped' stdio flag (Thiago Padilha) [#29412](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/29412)
+* [[`b98cc51be2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b98cc51be2)] - **child_process**: reduce abort handler code duplication (Rich Trott) [#36644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36644)
+* [[`78d4d91e54`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/78d4d91e54)] - **child_process**: treat already-aborted controller as aborting (Rich Trott) [#36644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36644)
+* [[`a8a427f646`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a8a427f646)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **child_process**: support AbortSignal in fork (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#36603](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36603)
+* [[`7134d49e56`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7134d49e56)] - **child_process**: clean event listener correctly (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#36424](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36424)
+* [[`54bd4ab855`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/54bd4ab855)] - **cluster**: fix edge cases that throw ERR\_INTERNAL\_ASSERTION (Ouyang Yadong) [#36764](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36764)
+* [[`0c11a17d82`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c11a17d82)] - **console**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36753](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36753)
+* [[`53cf996270`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/53cf996270)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: implement basic secure heap support (James M Snell) [#36779](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36779)
+* [[`42aca13953`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/42aca13953)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: fixup bug in keygen error handling (James M Snell) [#36779](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36779)
+* [[`c4ad50e0ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c4ad50e0ff)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: introduce X509Certificate API (James M Snell) [#36804](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36804)
+* [[`4e4deca90d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e4deca90d)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **crypto**: implement randomuuid (James M Snell) [#36729](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36729)
+* [[`1c9ec2529e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c9ec2529e)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 7.4.0 (Ruy Adorno) [#36829](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36829)
+* [[`ff5bd04900`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff5bd04900)] - **deps**: update nghttp2 to 1.42.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#36842](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36842)
+* [[`578fa0fedf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/578fa0fedf)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick dfcdf7837e23 (Benjamin Coe) [#36573](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36573)
+* [[`e8bb1f7350`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e8bb1f7350)] - **doc**: clarify event.isTrusted text (Rich Trott) [#36827](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36827)
+* [[`153be6c80e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/153be6c80e)] - **doc**: fix module syncBuiltinESMExports example (Bruce A. MacNaughton) [#34284](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34284)
+* [[`3b64b38142`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3b64b38142)] - **doc**: os.uptime() temporary bug notice (Nicholas Schamberg) [#36503](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36503)
+* [[`da49624a46`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da49624a46)] - **doc**: update release key for Danielle Adams (Danielle Adams) [#36793](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36793)
+* [[`2d8423da3c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2d8423da3c)] - **doc**: clarify child\_process.exec inherits cwd (ugultopu) [#36809](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36809)
+* [[`1a4d34ebd0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1a4d34ebd0)] - **doc**: clarify descriptions of \_writev chunks argument (James M Snell) [#36822](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36822)
+* [[`7c7180a6f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c7180a6f7)] - **doc**: document buffer's "Uint" aliases clearly (Michaël Zasso) [#36796](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36796)
+* [[`ff6edbc6b2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff6edbc6b2)] - **doc**: add dnlup to collaborators (Daniele Belardi) [#36849](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36849)
+* [[`835bdf0e50`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/835bdf0e50)] - **doc**: improve crypto.randomUUID() text (Rich Trott) [#36830](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36830)
+* [[`d4bcb3689d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4bcb3689d)] - **doc**: clarify subprocess.stdout/in/err/io properties (James M Snell) [#36784](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36784)
+* [[`a956fb3fdd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a956fb3fdd)] - **doc**: add dark mode (Ajay Poshak) [#36313](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36313)
+* [[`757b9664cd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/757b9664cd)] - **doc**: revise method text in async\_hooks.md (Rich Trott) [#36736](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36736)
+* [[`b4091ea59b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b4091ea59b)] - **doc**: clarify when messageerror is emitted (James M Snell) [#36780](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36780)
+* [[`61b039365c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/61b039365c)] - **doc**: avoid memory leak warning in async\_hooks example (James M Snell) [#36783](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36783)
+* [[`a7bb4da55e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7bb4da55e)] - **doc**: clarify that --require only supports cjs (James M Snell) [#36806](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36806)
+* [[`c6eb2b4fec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c6eb2b4fec)] - **doc**: clarify Buffer.from when using ArrayBuffer (James M Snell) [#36785](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36785)
+* [[`ad1d8fba9f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ad1d8fba9f)] - **doc**: fix broken link for ChildProcess (James M Snell) [#36788](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36788)
+* [[`ef628891f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ef628891f7)] - **doc**: revise exit() and run() text in async\_hooks.md (Rich Trott) [#36738](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36738)
+* [[`ff39464559`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff39464559)] - **doc**: add OpenSSL CVE fix to notable changes in v15.5.0 (Beth Griggs) [#36798](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36798)
+* [[`6db465a99f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6db465a99f)] - **doc**: clarify that N-API addons are context-aware (Alba Mendez) [#36640](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36640)
+* [[`fad07d5439`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fad07d5439)] - **doc**: fix typo in esm documentation (Mohamed Kamagate) [#36800](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36800)
+* [[`67dd48ed05`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/67dd48ed05)] - **doc**: add panva to collaborators (Filip Skokan) [#36802](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36802)
+* [[`b2c1aeb694`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b2c1aeb694)] - **doc**: revise process.memoryUsage() text (Rich Trott) [#36757](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36757)
+* [[`8f672ebbd6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8f672ebbd6)] - **doc**: add YAML metadata for process.memoryUsage.rss (Gerhard Stoebich) [#36781](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36781)
+* [[`fa54f012b8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fa54f012b8)] - **doc**: reduce abbreviations in async\_hooks.md (Rich Trott) [#36737](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36737)
+* [[`56c00d7b2f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56c00d7b2f)] - **doc**: simplify pull request template (Rich Trott) [#36739](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36739)
+* [[`214dbac8ff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/214dbac8ff)] - **doc**: clarify undocumented stream properties (James M Snell) [#36715](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36715)
+* [[`242ce19346`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/242ce19346)] - **doc**: document common warning types (James M Snell) [#36713](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36713)
+* [[`d3dc124575`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d3dc124575)] - **doc**: update emitClose default for fs streams (Kevin Locke) [#36653](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36653)
+* [[`181bd0510f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/181bd0510f)] - **doc**: improve ALS.enterWith and exit descriptions (Andrey Pechkurov) [#36705](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36705)
+* [[`edf8c6de5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/edf8c6de5a)] - **doc**: add note about uncloneable objects (James M Snell) [#36534](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36534)
+* [[`651e7d27b7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/651e7d27b7)] - **doc**: document http.IncomingMessage behaviour change (Dr) [#36641](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36641)
+* [[`72b0ab0739`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/72b0ab0739)] - **doc**: add yashLadha to collaborator (Yash Ladha) [#36666](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36666)
+* [[`8a0cdb3b4e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8a0cdb3b4e)] - **doc**: alphabetize http response properties (Rich Trott) [#36631](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36631)
+* [[`ff4674b033`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff4674b033)] - **doc**: correct callback parameter type for createPushResponse() (Rich Trott) [#36631](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36631)
+* [[`f623d5d377`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f623d5d377)] - **doc**: use \_code name\_ rather than \_codename\_ (Rich Trott) [#36611](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36611)
+* [[`1ed517c176`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1ed517c176)] - **doc**: document return value of https.request (Michael Chen) [#36370](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36370)
+* [[`5645b21e23`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5645b21e23)] - **doc**: document "http: lazy create IncomingMessage.headers" (ExE Boss) [#36601](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36601)
+* [[`3ee4cfc7d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3ee4cfc7d7)] - **doc**: fix bugs in \_construct() example (Maksym Baranovskyi) [#36509](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36509)
+* [[`93237c5999`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/93237c5999)] - **doc**: remove replication of GitHub template (Rich Trott) [#36590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36590)
+* [[`538f226f6d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/538f226f6d)] - **doc**: remove "Related Issues" from pull request template (Rich Trott) [#36590](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36590)
+* [[`dcc93d3dce`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dcc93d3dce)] - **doc**: expand openssl instructions (Michael Dawson) [#36554](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36554)
+* [[`41e278bf61`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/41e278bf61)] - **docs**: add references to punycode.md (Isaac Levy) [#36761](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36761)
+* [[`9b9b6d5fc5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9b9b6d5fc5)] - **domain**: make node resilient to Array prototype tempering (Antoine du Hamel) [#36676](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36676)
+* [[`f0a9c53bec`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0a9c53bec)] - **errors**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36651](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36651)
+* [[`c844d22b72`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c844d22b72)] - **errors**: eliminate all overhead for hidden calls (Momtchil Momtchev) [#35644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35644)
+* [[`3fa470a3c9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3fa470a3c9)] - **events**: refactor to use optional chaining (ZiJian Liu) [#36763](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36763)
+* [[`82393aefff`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/82393aefff)] - **events**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36304](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36304)
+* [[`e3a091d9f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e3a091d9f3)] - **fs**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36699](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36699)
+* [[`d5e1b82125`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d5e1b82125)] - **fs**: accept non-32-bit length in writeBuffer (raisinten) [#36667](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36667)
+* [[`a9a2dd32e3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a9a2dd32e3)] - **http**: don't cork noop .end() (Robert Nagy) [#36633](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36633)
+* [[`dfc962f67a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dfc962f67a)] - **http**: add test case for req-res close ordering (Daniele Belardi) [#36645](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36645)
+* [[`cc28d2f541`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc28d2f541)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **http**: set lifo as the default scheduling strategy in Agent (Matteo Collina) [#36685](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36685)
+* [[`954a36947d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/954a36947d)] - **http**: make HEAD method to work with keep-alive (Joseph Hackman) [#34231](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34231)
+* [[`9156f430b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9156f430b5)] - **http**: remove dead code from internal/http.js (ZiJian Liu) [#36630](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36630)
+* [[`5e499c490e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5e499c490e)] - **http**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36194](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36194)
+* [[`c784f15588`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c784f15588)] - ***Revert*** "**http**: use `autoDestroy: true` in incoming message" (Daniele Belardi) [#36647](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36647)
+* [[`a38ad0709c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a38ad0709c)] - **http2**: refactor to use primordials instead of \<string\>.indexOf (Rohan Chougule) [#36679](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36679)
+* [[`e85fbb778d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e85fbb778d)] - **http2**: fix typos in core.js (Pranshu Jethmalani) [#36719](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36719)
+* [[`a4d64f967a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a4d64f967a)] - **https**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36195](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36195)
+* [[`95219eac08`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/95219eac08)] - **lib**: refactor to use mapping in cluster master (Yash Ladha) [#36250](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36250)
+* [[`b764269437`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b764269437)] - **lib**: remove v8\_prof\_polyfill from eslint ignore list (Antoine du Hamel) [#36537](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36537)
+* [[`eb6b38639a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eb6b38639a)] - **lib**: remove unused code (Brian White) [#36632](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36632)
+* [[`7fe1b5ef5a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7fe1b5ef5a)] - **lib**: refactor to use validateCallback (ZiJian Liu) [#36609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36609)
+* [[`bb4f8c8732`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bb4f8c8732)] - **lib**: use more primordials in shared validators (Pooja D P) [#36552](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36552)
+* [[`181bad58d3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/181bad58d3)] - **lib**: add primordials.SafeArrayIterator (Antoine du Hamel) [#36532](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36532)
+* [[`6e338dac3c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6e338dac3c)] - **lib**: refactor to use more primordials in internal/encoding.js (raisinten) [#36480](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36480)
+* [[`ec3e841f59`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ec3e841f59)] - **lib**: refactor to use primordials in internal/priority\_queue.js (ZiJian Liu) [#36560](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36560)
+* [[`8ac2016229`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8ac2016229)] - **lib**: add primordials.SafeStringIterator (Antoine du Hamel) [#36526](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36526)
+* [[`56af1250fe`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/56af1250fe)] - **lib**: make safe primordials safe to construct (Antoine du Hamel) [#36428](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36428)
+* [[`d20235b6cb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d20235b6cb)] - **lib**: fix diagnostics\_channel hasSubscribers error (ZiJian Liu) [#36599](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36599)
+* [[`63091f8440`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/63091f8440)] - **lib**: refactor to use more primordials in internal/histogram.js (raisinten) [#36455](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36455)
+* [[`eca2df0909`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eca2df0909)] - **meta**: notify slack when someone force pushes (Mary Marchini) [#35131](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35131)
+* [[`302be57be4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/302be57be4)] - **module**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36680](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36680)
+* [[`24246a29d7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/24246a29d7)] - **net**: throw ERR\_OUT\_OF\_RANGE if blockList.addSubnet prefix is NaN (ZiJian Liu) [#36732](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36732)
+* [[`02dbcc4317`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/02dbcc4317)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **net**: support abortSignal in server.listen (Nitzan Uziely) [#36623](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36623)
+* [[`a258bc9b70`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a258bc9b70)] - **perf_hooks**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36723](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36723)
+* [[`94afc3e712`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/94afc3e712)] - **process**: passing -1 to setuid/setgid should not abort (James M Snell) [#36786](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36786)
+* [[`92af50327e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/92af50327e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **process**: add direct access to rss without iterating pages (Adrien Maret) [#34291](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34291)
+* [[`8b7336b072`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b7336b072)] - **quic,timers**: refactor to use validateAbortSignal (ZiJian Liu) [#36604](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36604)
+* [[`b17130a55a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b17130a55a)] - **readline**: fix behaviour of Interface plugged to a non-terminal output (Antoine du Hamel) [#36774](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36774)
+* [[`d70824f567`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d70824f567)] - **src**: fix typo in crypto\_aes.cc (Ikko Ashimine) [#36717](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36717)
+* [[`8b43388903`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8b43388903)] - **src**: reduce duplicated boilerplate with new env utility fn (James M Snell) [#36536](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36536)
+* [[`a53997e6c0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a53997e6c0)] - **src**: fix leading backslash bug in URL (raisinten) [#36613](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36613)
+* [[`abae61e230`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/abae61e230)] - **stream**: finished waits for 'close' on OutgoingMessage (Robert Nagy) [#36648](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36648)
+* [[`4c819d65f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4c819d65f9)] - **stream**: fix .end() error propagation (Robert Nagy) [#36817](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36817)
+* [[`cb0b53edb1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cb0b53edb1)] - **stream**: lazy read ReadStream (Momtchil Momtchev) [#36823](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36823)
+* [[`b996e3b4b5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b996e3b4b5)] - **stream**: do not use \_stream\_\* anymore (Matteo Collina) [#36684](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36684)
+* [[`190ddced46`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/190ddced46)] - **stream**: only use legacy close listeners if not willEmitClose (Robert Nagy) [#36649](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36649)
+* [[`1fc30a84ac`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1fc30a84ac)] - **stream,zlib**: do not use \_stream\_\* anymore (Matteo Collina) [#36618](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36618)
+* [[`d2b9e7cb01`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2b9e7cb01)] - **string_decoder**: throw ERR\_STRING\_TOO\_LONG for UTF-8 (Michaël Zasso) [#36661](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36661)
+* [[`17a52337c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/17a52337c4)] - **test**: http complete response after socket double end (Dimitris Halatsis) [#36633](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36633)
+* [[`cc37ff24dc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cc37ff24dc)] - **test**: use faster variant for rss in test-crypto-dh-leak (Pooja D P) [#36766](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36766)
+* [[`daad0ab1cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/daad0ab1cc)] - **test**: use faster variant for rss in test-vm-memleak.js (Pooja D P) [#36769](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36769)
+* [[`9d25d25cfd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d25d25cfd)] - **test**: mark test-cluster-bind-privileged-port flaky on arm (James M Snell) [#36850](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36850)
+* [[`c64db20fdd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c64db20fdd)] - **test**: use faster variant for rss test-memoryusage-emfile (Pooja D P) [#36768](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36768)
+* [[`d48e00e5a3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d48e00e5a3)] - **test**: fix test-memory-usage.js for IBMi (Rich Trott) [#36758](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36758)
+* [[`9b7d2c2523`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9b7d2c2523)] - **test**: guard large string decoder allocation (Michaël Zasso) [#36795](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36795)
+* [[`5bc130bd9e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5bc130bd9e)] - **test**: increase coverage for events (ZiJian Liu) [#36668](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36668)
+* [[`9f7fbcc64d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9f7fbcc64d)] - **test**: add coverage for breakLength one-column array (Rich Trott) [#36657](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36657)
+* [[`9eff709c23`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9eff709c23)] - **test**: update wpt interfaces (Daijiro Wachi) [#36659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36659)
+* [[`a7f743f5cc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a7f743f5cc)] - **test**: update wpt resources (Daijiro Wachi) [#36659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36659)
+* [[`4acc2732f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4acc2732f9)] - **test**: update wpt encoding (Daijiro Wachi) [#36659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36659)
+* [[`986d5aca44`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/986d5aca44)] - **test**: update wpt url (Daijiro Wachi) [#36659](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36659)
+* [[`833e614682`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/833e614682)] - **test**: increase coverage for diagnostics\_channel (ZiJian Liu) [#36602](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36602)
+* [[`f0dfe57bd1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f0dfe57bd1)] - **test**: add already-aborted-controller test for spawn() (Rich Trott) [#36644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36644)
+* [[`d5d56ec3d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d5d56ec3d4)] - **test**: add test for reused AbortController with execfile() (Rich Trott) [#36644](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36644)
+* [[`f81556563a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f81556563a)] - **test**: increase coverage for internal/error\_serdes.js (ZiJian Liu) [#36628](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36628)
+* [[`34d1d791e5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/34d1d791e5)] - **test**: improve coverage for util.inspect() with classes (Rich Trott) [#36625](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36625)
+* [[`1f3bc5ed73`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1f3bc5ed73)] - **test**: increase runInAsyncScope() coverage (Rich Trott) [#36624](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36624)
+* [[`863bfc44d2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/863bfc44d2)] - **test**: redirect stderr EnvironmentWithNoESMLoader (Daniel Bevenius) [#36548](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36548)
+* [[`8e8b16ff7e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8e8b16ff7e)] - **timers**: refactor to use optional chaining (ZiJian Liu) [#36767](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36767)
+* [[`c23cca2de9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c23cca2de9)] - **tls**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36772](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36772)
+* [[`37becfda8c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37becfda8c)] - **tools**: update all lint-md rollup dependencies (Michaël Zasso) [#36843](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36843)
+* [[`cfdbb79ccf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cfdbb79ccf)] - **tools**: update doc tool dependencies (Michaël Zasso) [#36844](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36844)
+* [[`1f2a198c32`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1f2a198c32)] - **tools**: fix md5 hash for ICU 68.1 src (Richard Lau) [#36777](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36777)
+* [[`4e0995bc60`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4e0995bc60)] - **tools**: update ESLint to 7.17.0 (Colin Ihrig) [#36726](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36726)
+* [[`8ad3455ae3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8ad3455ae3)] - **tools**: revise install.py for minor improvements (Rich Trott) [#36626](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36626)
+* [[`b367d5a61d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b367d5a61d)] - **tools**: update gyp-next to v0.7.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#36580](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36580)
+* [[`10f1c893c8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/10f1c893c8)] - **tools**: correct usage message for genv8constants.py (Rich Trott) [#36606](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36606)
+* [[`37b39a2d6b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/37b39a2d6b)] - **tools**: call close() explicitly in genv8constants.py (Rich Trott) [#36606](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36606)
+* [[`7664f3678c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7664f3678c)] - **tools**: use `is None` consistently in Python (Rich Trott) [#36606](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36606)
+* [[`cb7f73c9d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cb7f73c9d4)] - **tools**: revise line in configure.py for clarity (Rich Trott) [#36551](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36551)
+* [[`258aa50986`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/258aa50986)] - **tty**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36771](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36771)
+* [[`5cb8b16452`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5cb8b16452)] - **url**: fix url.format with ipv6 hostname (ZiJian Liu) [#36665](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36665)
+* [[`b1c6a44caf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b1c6a44caf)] - **url**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36316](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36316)
+* [[`baa8064bd0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/baa8064bd0)] - **util**: refactor inspect.js to use more primodials (Rohan Chougule) [#36730](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36730)
+* [[`bff201a66d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bff201a66d)] - **util**: remove unreachable defensive coding (Rich Trott) [#36744](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36744)
+* [[`64bf2f229e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/64bf2f229e)] - **util**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36265](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36265)
+* [[`2dd2ec3836`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2dd2ec3836)] - **v8**: refactor to use more primordials (Antoine du Hamel) [#36527](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36527)
+* [[`3170636a8e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3170636a8e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **v8**: fix native `serdes` constructors (ExE Boss) [#36549](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36549)
+* [[`d5a9799e76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d5a9799e76)] - **wasi**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#36724](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36724)
+* [[`b6f74b0b09`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b6f74b0b09)] - **zlib**: refactor to use primordial instead of \<string\>.startsWith (Rohan Chougule) [#36718](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36718)
+
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 ## 2021-01-04, Version 15.5.1 (Current), @BethGriggs
 
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index a5e3c205694807..e541df40b73e05 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 15
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 5
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 2
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 6
+#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
 #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)