diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c86d4c4765d846..25f6907794773f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.10.0">16.10.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.11.0">16.11.0</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.10.0">16.10.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.9.1">16.9.1</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.9.0">16.9.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md#16.8.0">16.8.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 44683a03b4b7bb..c17b65fdd84b80 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ try {
 
 #### `filehandle.createReadStream([options])`
 <!-- YAML
-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.11.0
 -->
 
 * `options` {Object}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ fd.createReadStream({ start: 90, end: 99 });
 
 #### `filehandle.createWriteStream([options])`
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-added: REPLACEME
+added: v16.11.0
 -->
 
 * `options` {Object}
diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 77567407392e55..c46f07aa475905 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ for performance reasons.
 
 ### `stream.Readable.fromWeb(readableStream[, options])`
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+added: v16.11.0
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 > Stability: 1 - Experimental
diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 208e3a84d513bd..08742f4be1da9f 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ doSomething[kCustomPromisifiedSymbol] = (foo) => {
 
 ## `util.stripVTControlCharacters(str)`
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 * `str` {string}
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
index 30fb31dacd77b3..5ec86f5345573a 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V16.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#16.11.0">16.11.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#16.10.0">16.10.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#16.9.1">16.9.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#16.9.0">16.9.0</a><br/>
@@ -46,6 +47,124 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="16.11.0"></a>
+## 2021-10-08, Version 16.11.0 (Current), @danielleadams
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* **crypto**
+  * update root certificates (Richard Lau) [#40280](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40280)
+* **deps**
+  * upgrade npm to 8.0.0 (npm team) [#40369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40369)
+  * update `nghttp2` to v1.45.1 (thunder-coding) [#40206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40206)
+  * update V8 to 9.4.146.19 (Michaël Zasso) [#40285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40285)
+* **tools**
+  * update certdata.txt (Richard Lau) [#40280](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40280)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`34f3021ca3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/34f3021ca3)] - **benchmark**: add `util.toUSVString()`'s benchmark (Khaidi Chu) [#40203](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40203)
+* [[`f83b9bcb6f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f83b9bcb6f)] - **build**: support Python 3.10.0 (FrankQiu) [#40296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40296)
+* [[`3148f9b64e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3148f9b64e)] - **build**: check for duplicates in new AUTHORS entries (Rich Trott) [#40264](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40264)
+* [[`48c162d457`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/48c162d457)] - **build**: set DESTCPU correctly for 'make binary' on Apple Silicon (Chris Heisterkamp) [#40147](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40147)
+* [[`7fbfb66d41`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7fbfb66d41)] - **build**: limit update authors CI scope (Jiawen Geng) [#40219](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40219)
+* [[`a1bee94502`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a1bee94502)] - **build**: pass a tuple of alternatives to str.endswith() (Christian Clauss) [#40017](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40017)
+* [[`eaf9d08332`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/eaf9d08332)] - **build**: add --no-user for pip commands in Makefile (Rich Trott) [#40169](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40169)
+* [[`e22ca06ac4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e22ca06ac4)] - **build**: fix "test-internet.yml" workflows (SURYAPRATAP SINGH SURYAVANSHI) [#40177](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40177)
+* [[`4da73d09bf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4da73d09bf)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **build**: reset embedder string to "-node.0" (Michaël Zasso) [#40285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40285)
+* [[`4b117fbc81`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b117fbc81)] - **console**: use validators for consistency (Voltrex) [#39812](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39812)
+* [[`6489423187`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6489423187)] - **console**: avoid unnecessary variables (Pancake) [#40183](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40183)
+* [[`9af2592e69`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9af2592e69)] - **crypto**: update root certificates (Richard Lau) [#40280](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40280)
+* [[`2fa5e5011f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/2fa5e5011f)] - **crypto**: handle initEDRaw pkey failure (Shelley Vohr) [#40188](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40188)
+* [[`7968c79301`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7968c79301)] - **crypto**: don't call callback twice in case crypto.randomBytes fails (Guilherme Bernal) [#40157](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40157)
+* [[`b89c7ae297`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b89c7ae297)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 8.0.0 (npm team) [#40369](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40369)
+* [[`947f3dc9af`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/947f3dc9af)] - **deps**: V8: patch jinja2 for Python 3.10 compat (Michaël Zasso) [#40296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40296)
+* [[`685c7d43a5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/685c7d43a5)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: update `nghttp2` to v1.45.1 (thunder-coding) [#40206](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40206)
+* [[`e7046e0ff1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e7046e0ff1)] - **deps**: restore minimum ICU version to 68 (Michaël Zasso) [#39470](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39470)
+* [[`a3db2033d4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a3db2033d4)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: make V8 9.4 abi-compatible with 9.0 (Michaël Zasso) [#40285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40285)
+* [[`5cc24e6d76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5cc24e6d76)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 9a607043cb31 (Jiawen Geng) [#40046](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40046)
+* [[`8de5eb88d3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8de5eb88d3)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 5681a6565828 (Michaël Zasso) [#39945](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39945)
+* [[`150d816edb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/150d816edb)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick bdcda72cd1d8 (Michaël Zasso) [#39945](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39945)
+* [[`807b68b430`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/807b68b430)] - **deps**: V8: cherry-pick 00bb1a77c03e (Darshan Sen) [#39829](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39829)
+* [[`be016948df`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/be016948df)] - **deps**: silence irrelevant V8 warning (Michaël Zasso) [#38990](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/38990)
+* [[`22dcd3e4dc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/22dcd3e4dc)] - **deps**: silence irrelevant V8 warnings (Michaël Zasso) [#37587](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/37587)
+* [[`1aea6a771b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1aea6a771b)] - **deps**: fix V8 build issue with inline methods (Jiawen Geng) [#40060](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40060)
+* [[`e9812157f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e9812157f0)] - **deps**: make v8.h compatible with VS2015 (Joao Reis) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`88ae710057`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/88ae710057)] - **deps**: V8: forward declaration of `Rtl*FunctionTable` (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`e810f0766f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e810f0766f)] - **deps**: V8: patch register-arm64.h (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`b8aabd5622`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b8aabd5622)] - **deps**: V8: un-cherry-pick bd019bd (Refael Ackermann) [#32116](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32116)
+* [[`309c4f05df`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/309c4f05df)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **deps**: update V8 to 9.4.146.19 (Michaël Zasso) [#40285](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40285)
+* [[`69eaaf6321`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/69eaaf6321)] - **doc**: format general markdown files (Rich Trott) [#40322](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40322)
+* [[`dc9c31985c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc9c31985c)] - **doc**: fix the inline code-block at the NodeDhKeyGenParams class (Justin) [#40341](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40341)
+* [[`8d0546db39`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d0546db39)] - **doc**: correct the codeblock for `hmacImportParams.hash` (Justin) [#40340](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40340)
+* [[`1db2ffd008`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1db2ffd008)] - **doc**: fix typo in stream docs (Juan José Arboleda) [#40337](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40337)
+* [[`abfcbcd14c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/abfcbcd14c)] - **doc**: update fast-track approval comment request (voltrexmaster) [#40316](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40316)
+* [[`e2cd2f44f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e2cd2f44f2)] - **doc**: fix CVE-2021-22940 references (Michaël Zasso) [#40308](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40308)
+* [[`88bdbf1e29`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/88bdbf1e29)] - **doc**: format markdown files in test directory (Rich Trott) [#40290](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40290)
+* [[`f71ac57a86`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f71ac57a86)] - **doc**: add triagers to the table of contents (FrankQiu) [#39969](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39969)
+* [[`a5218b5313`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a5218b5313)] - **doc**: update Forrest Norvell's pronouns (Forrest L Norvell) [#40292](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40292)
+* [[`d2e54e5d0c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d2e54e5d0c)] - **doc**: reorder stream 'readable' paragraphs (Vincent Weevers) [#40212](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40212)
+* [[`1d0a3e1a0c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1d0a3e1a0c)] - **doc**: fix typo in fs (Brian White) [#40257](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40257)
+* [[`66edb7bfe1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/66edb7bfe1)] - **doc**: fix typo in fs.md (Arslan Ali) [#40254](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40254)
+* [[`614a7c21f8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/614a7c21f8)] - **doc**: fix typo in packages.md (Arslan Ali) [#40230](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40230)
+* [[`9fa6dfbe76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9fa6dfbe76)] - **doc**: fix example of crypto.generateKeySync (Gary Ho) [#40225](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40225)
+* [[`9a2b94a142`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9a2b94a142)] - **doc**: update fs.watchFile doc (Clément Nardi) [#40134](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40134)
+* [[`a68f91c884`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a68f91c884)] - **doc**: add version when diagnostics\_channel APIs were added (Gerhard Stöbich) [#40208](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40208)
+* [[`6bf67909ad`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6bf67909ad)] - **doc**: fix typo in 'maxHeaderSize' (Rebhi Alfa) [#40164](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40164)
+* [[`73a127ba7b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/73a127ba7b)] - **doc**: fix buffer api example code's token error (m3m0ry) [#40125](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40125)
+* [[`59db8293f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/59db8293f4)] - **doc**: fix typo in `async_hooks.md` (xuchaobei) [#40187](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40187)
+* [[`779dfd199b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/779dfd199b)] - **doc**: make version picker usable on mobile (Evan Lucas) [#39958](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39958)
+* [[`7bd62f4809`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7bd62f4809)] - **doc**: fix typos in http.md (Luigi Pinca) [#40161](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40161)
+* [[`94b415b980`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/94b415b980)] - **doc**: add blank line between comments (Rich Trott) [#40160](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40160)
+* [[`847b451d88`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/847b451d88)] - **doc**: update markdown files in src for upcoming linting/formatting (Rich Trott) [#40159](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40159)
+* [[`cea7395858`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/cea7395858)] - **doc**: update benchmarks README.md for upcoming linting/formatting (Rich Trott) [#40158](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40158)
+* [[`c231745837`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c231745837)] - **doc**: prepare markdown file for upcoming formatting/linting (Rich Trott) [#40156](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40156)
+* [[`7e58cda6e0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7e58cda6e0)] - **doc**: update tools .md files for upcoming lint/formatting (Rich Trott) [#40155](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40155)
+* [[`02a87b096c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/02a87b096c)] - **doc**: update markdown formatting for \*.md files (Rich Trott) [#40154](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40154)
+* [[`9b0e61a67f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9b0e61a67f)] - **doc,src**: update crypto/README.md (Tobias Nießen) [#40332](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40332)
+* [[`88e7bd073a`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/88e7bd073a)] - **events**: allow dispatch many times without listener (MrBBot) [#39772](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39772)
+* [[`c7f3294d02`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7f3294d02)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **fs**: add stream utilities to `FileHandle` (Antoine du Hamel) [#40009](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40009)
+* [[`555af5b808`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/555af5b808)] - **http**: remove 'data' and 'end' listener if client parser error (Matteo Collina) [#40244](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40244)
+* [[`22725f5bdd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/22725f5bdd)] - **http**: use 0 as default for requests limit (Artur K) [#40192](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40192)
+* [[`3d5eba8042`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3d5eba8042)] - **lib**: refactor to avoid unsafe array iteration (Antoine du Hamel) [#40271](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40271)
+* [[`547fc86371`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/547fc86371)] - **lib**: use `validateArray` (Voltrex) [#39774](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39774)
+* [[`a37527ce8f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a37527ce8f)] - **meta**: add mailmap entry for ratracegrad (Rich Trott) [#40291](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40291)
+* [[`a75a8f2ca0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a75a8f2ca0)] - **meta**: update AUTHORS (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#40289](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40289)
+* [[`66ab278bae`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/66ab278bae)] - **meta**: add .mailmap entry for Jimbly (Rich Trott) [#40267](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40267)
+* [[`e040f2cf0d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e040f2cf0d)] - **meta**: add .mailmap entry for daguej (Rich Trott) [#40223](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40223)
+* [[`d64740fbb3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d64740fbb3)] - **meta**: update AUTHORS (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#40217](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40217)
+* [[`9ee9e41f5c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9ee9e41f5c)] - **meta**: move one or more collaborators to emeritus (Node.js GitHub Bot) [#40115](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40115)
+* [[`da6c82b425`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/da6c82b425)] - **meta**: update gdams contact information (Rich Trott) [#40233](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40233)
+* [[`a660017915`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a660017915)] - **meta**: add .mailmap entry for kunalspathak (Rich Trott) [#40202](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40202)
+* [[`4d46bde22e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4d46bde22e)] - **meta**: add mailmap entry for ralphtheninja (Rich Trott) [#40153](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40153)
+* [[`b856886d00`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b856886d00)] - **meta**: update mailmap for LakshmiSwethaG (Rich Trott) [#40172](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40172)
+* [[`972d921855`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/972d921855)] - **module**: fix ERR\_REQUIRE\_ESM for parentPath null (Guy Bedford) [#40145](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40145)
+* [[`344c03b2e6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/344c03b2e6)] - **repl**: skip EmptyStatements and return result with TLA (Mestery) [#40194](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40194)
+* [[`b694b0ca52`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b694b0ca52)] - **src**: use `As()` instead of `Cast()` for conversions (Darshan Sen) [#40287](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40287)
+* [[`383dbe940d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/383dbe940d)] - **src**: implement changes suggested by @addaleax (kokke) [#40128](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40128)
+* [[`a6112dd1de`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a6112dd1de)] - **src**: fix time-of-use vs time-of-check "bugs" (kokke) [#40128](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40128)
+* [[`bbf1ed7c78`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bbf1ed7c78)] - **src**: remove AllocatedBuffer from crypto\_common.cc (Darshan Sen) [#40213](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40213)
+* [[`528f9228fd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/528f9228fd)] - **src**: remove usage of AllocatedBuffer from udp\_wrap.cc (Darshan Sen) [#40151](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40151)
+* [[`d36127d862`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d36127d862)] - **src**: move `ToUSVString()` to node\_util.cc (Khaidi Chu) [#40204](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40204)
+* [[`bddf8c28d9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bddf8c28d9)] - **src,crypto**: eliminate code duplication between StatelessDiffieHellman\* (Darshan Sen) [#40084](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40084)
+* [[`6a8689f1f9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6a8689f1f9)] - **test**: fix typo in test/common/index.js (Tobias Nießen) [#40297](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40297)
+* [[`dc0c2744cf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dc0c2744cf)] - **test**: suppress compiler warning in test\_bigint (Daniel Bevenius) [#40253](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40253)
+* [[`18820bfa58`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/18820bfa58)] - **tools**: patch jinja2 for Python 3.10 compat (Michaël Zasso) [#40296](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40296)
+* [[`8d7710e6c3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8d7710e6c3)] - **tools**: update rollup entry in lint-md package.json (FrankQiu) [#40281](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40281)
+* [[`7bb4dc2406`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7bb4dc2406)] - **tools**: update certdata.txt (Richard Lau) [#40280](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40280)
+* [[`f31b0c9700`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f31b0c9700)] - **tools**: update remark-preset-lint-node to 3.2.0 (Rich Trott) [#40278](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40278)
+* [[`9c4e7a5158`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9c4e7a5158)] - **tools**: fix lint-md autolinking (Rich Trott) [#40181](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40181)
+* [[`26db6db87f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26db6db87f)] - **tools**: implement markdown formatting (Rich Trott) [#40181](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40181)
+* [[`67812e8c65`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/67812e8c65)] - **tools**: re-implement lint-md without unified-args (Rich Trott) [#40180](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40180)
+* [[`0232f94175`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0232f94175)] - **tools**: update remark-preset-lint-node to 3.1.0 (Rich Trott) [#40166](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40166)
+* [[`80fdedd184`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/80fdedd184)] - **tools**: fix find-inactive-collaborators for recent README change (Rich Trott) [#40163](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40163)
+* [[`ebf17102d1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ebf17102d1)] - **tools**: extend default yamllint config (Michaël Zasso) [#40150](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40150)
+* [[`f7c82749a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f7c82749a7)] - **tools**: update V8 gypfiles for 9.4 (Michaël Zasso) [#39945](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39945)
+* [[`dd39422b8b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/dd39422b8b)] - **typings**: define types for symbols binding (Michaël Zasso) [#40143](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40143)
+* [[`ced8467e20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ced8467e20)] - **typings**: define types for worker and messaging bindings (Michaël Zasso) [#40143](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40143)
+* [[`66d3101677`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/66d3101677)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: improve ansi escape code regex (Colin Ihrig) [#40214](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40214)
+* [[`f4164fa4c3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f4164fa4c3)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **util**: expose stripVTControlCharacters() (Colin Ihrig) [#40214](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40214)
+
 <a id="16.10.0"></a>
 ## 2021-09-22, Version 16.10.0 (Current), @BethGriggs
 
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 4362702060f514..974af72379d2b1 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 #define SRC_NODE_VERSION_H_
 
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 16
-#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 10
-#define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 1
+#define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 11
+#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)