diff --git a/packages/nodejs/build.sh b/packages/nodejs/build.sh
index 814fa1467..3667beff1 100644
--- a/packages/nodejs/build.sh
+++ b/packages/nodejs/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://nodejs.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=6.11.5
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1c6de415216799fbaeca82304b3fef87accc7101ebf2ead7d5c545e0779e8aaf
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=8.9.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=ae8258f89e127a76d4b4aff6fdb8dc395b7da0069cba054b913dfc36b3c91189
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://nodejs.org/dist/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/node-v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 # Note that we do not use a shared libuv to avoid an issue with the Android
 # linker, which does not use symbols of linked shared libraries when resolving
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://nodejs.org/dist/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/node-v${TERMUX_
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl, c-ares"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="lib/node_modules/npm/html lib/node_modules/npm/make.bat share/systemtap lib/dtrace"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
-TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="nodejs-current"
+TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="nodejs"
 
 termux_step_configure () {
 	if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "arm" ]; then
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ termux_step_configure () {
 		termux_error_exit "Unsupported arch '$TERMUX_ARCH'"
 	fi
 
+	export GYP_DEFINES="host_os=linux"
+
 	# See note above TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS why we do not use a shared libuv.
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX \
@@ -34,5 +36,6 @@ termux_step_configure () {
 		--shared-zlib \
 		--without-inspector \
 		--without-intl \
-		--without-snapshot
+		--without-snapshot \
+		--cross-compiling
 }
diff --git a/packages/nodejs/deps-uv-uv.gyp.patch b/packages/nodejs/deps-uv-uv.gyp.patch
index 972b6b031..3f6375b8a 100644
--- a/packages/nodejs/deps-uv-uv.gyp.patch
+++ b/packages/nodejs/deps-uv-uv.gyp.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-Patch to prepend include_dirs to avoid clashing with the
-Termux system libuv which may be of a different version.
-
-diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.0/deps/uv/uv.gyp ./deps/uv/uv.gyp
---- ../node-v6.11.0/deps/uv/uv.gyp	2017-06-06 21:24:24.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./deps/uv/uv.gyp	2017-06-06 23:02:53.780158175 +0200
+diff -u -r ../node-v8.1.4/deps/uv/uv.gyp ./deps/uv/uv.gyp
+--- ../node-v8.1.4/deps/uv/uv.gyp	2017-07-11 05:48:01.000000000 +0200
++++ ./deps/uv/uv.gyp	2017-07-19 01:25:10.988614742 +0200
 @@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
      {
        'target_name': 'libuv',
diff --git a/packages/nodejs/deps-v8-src-flag-definitions.h.patch b/packages/nodejs/deps-v8-src-flag-definitions.h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4623e405f..000000000
--- a/packages/nodejs/deps-v8-src-flag-definitions.h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- ../node-v6.0.0/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2016-04-26 15:50:11.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2016-05-02 16:46:31.289030161 -0400
-@@ -172,7 +172,10 @@
- //
- #define FLAG FLAG_FULL
- 
--DEFINE_BOOL(warn_template_set, true,
-+/* Termux modification: Do not enable this warning per default
-+   as it will only confuse users needlessly. The root causes
-+   of this warning will get fixed anyway soon in npm packages. */
-+DEFINE_BOOL(warn_template_set, false,
-             "warn on deprecated v8::Template::Set() use")
- 
- DEFINE_BOOL(experimental_extras, false,
diff --git a/packages/nodejs/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch b/packages/nodejs/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
index aad0b46e2..9628692fe 100644
--- a/packages/nodejs/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
+++ b/packages/nodejs/fix-hardcoded-paths.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -uNr node-v6.11.3/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c
---- node-v6.11.3/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c	2017-09-05 20:34:50.000000000 +0300
-+++ node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c	2017-09-14 15:58:14.222856752 +0300
-@@ -1105,7 +1105,9 @@
+diff -uNr node-v8.4.0/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c
+--- node-v8.4.0/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c	2017-08-15 19:42:28.000000000 +0300
++++ node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c	2017-09-14 16:13:27.292856099 +0300
+@@ -1112,7 +1112,9 @@
  
    /* No temp environment variables defined */
    #if defined(__ANDROID__)
@@ -12,31 +12,22 @@ diff -uNr node-v6.11.3/deps/uv/src/unix/core.c node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/uv/src/unix
    #else
      buf = "/tmp";
    #endif
-diff -uNr node-v6.11.3/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h
---- node-v6.11.3/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2017-09-14 15:53:38.302856950 +0300
-+++ node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2017-09-14 15:54:54.082856895 +0300
-@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
- DEFINE_STRING(testing_serialization_file, "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\serdes",
-               "file in which to testing_serialize heap")
- #else
--DEFINE_STRING(testing_serialization_file, "/tmp/serdes",
-+DEFINE_STRING(testing_serialization_file, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/serdes",
-               "file in which to serialize heap")
- #endif
- 
-@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@
- DEFINE_NEG_IMPLICATION(perf_prof, compact_code_space)
- DEFINE_BOOL(perf_prof_debug_info, false,
-             "Enable debug info for perf linux profiler (experimental).")
+diff -uNr node-v8.4.0/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h
+--- node-v8.4.0/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2017-08-15 19:42:30.000000000 +0300
++++ node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/v8/src/flag-definitions.h	2017-09-14 16:12:34.462856137 +0300
+@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
+ DEFINE_BOOL(perf_prof_unwinding_info, false,
+             "Enable unwinding info for perf linux profiler (experimental).")
+ DEFINE_IMPLICATION(perf_prof, perf_prof_unwinding_info)
 -DEFINE_STRING(gc_fake_mmap, "/tmp/__v8_gc__",
 +DEFINE_STRING(gc_fake_mmap, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/__v8_gc__",
                "Specify the name of the file for fake gc mmap used in ll_prof")
  DEFINE_BOOL(log_internal_timer_events, false, "Time internal events.")
  DEFINE_BOOL(log_timer_events, false,
-diff -uNr node-v6.11.3/deps/v8/src/log.cc node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/v8/src/log.cc
---- node-v6.11.3/deps/v8/src/log.cc	2017-09-05 20:34:52.000000000 +0300
-+++ node-v6.11.3.mod/deps/v8/src/log.cc	2017-09-14 15:55:20.192856877 +0300
-@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
+diff -uNr node-v8.4.0/deps/v8/src/log.cc node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/v8/src/log.cc
+--- node-v8.4.0/deps/v8/src/log.cc	2017-08-15 19:42:31.000000000 +0300
++++ node-v8.4.0.mod/deps/v8/src/log.cc	2017-09-14 16:11:05.192856201 +0300
+@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
    FILE* perf_output_handle_;
  };
  
diff --git a/packages/nodejs/node.gyp.patch b/packages/nodejs/node.gyp.patch
index 1b69d92f4..e2dc851e6 100644
--- a/packages/nodejs/node.gyp.patch
+++ b/packages/nodejs/node.gyp.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp ./node.gyp
---- ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp	2017-08-01 05:39:14.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./node.gyp	2017-08-08 08:52:59.805556714 +0000
-@@ -531,123 +531,6 @@
+diff -u -r ../node-v8.7.0/node.gyp ./node.gyp
+--- ../node-v8.7.0/node.gyp	2017-10-11 14:36:02.000000000 +0200
++++ ./node.gyp	2017-10-14 19:41:03.915202106 +0200
+@@ -586,152 +586,6 @@
            ],
          } ],
        ]
@@ -22,18 +22,33 @@ diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp ./node.gyp
 -      'variables': {
 -        'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node/src',
 -        'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node/gen',
+-        'OBJ_TRACING_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node/src/tracing',
 -        'OBJ_SUFFIX': 'o',
+-        'OBJ_SEPARATOR': '/',
 -        'conditions': [
 -          ['OS=="win"', {
--            'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node',
--            'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node',
 -            'OBJ_SUFFIX': 'obj',
 -          }],
--          ['OS=="aix"', {
--            'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node_base/src',
--            'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node_base/gen',
--          }],
--         ],
+-          ['GENERATOR=="ninja"', {
+-            'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/src',
+-            'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/gen',
+-            'OBJ_TRACING_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/src/tracing',
+-            'OBJ_SEPARATOR': '/node.',
+-          }, {
+-            'conditions': [
+-              ['OS=="win"', {
+-                'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node',
+-                'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node',
+-                'OBJ_TRACING_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node',
+-              }],
+-              ['OS=="aix"', {
+-                'OBJ_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node_base/src',
+-                'OBJ_GEN_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node_base/gen',
+-                'OBJ_TRACING_PATH': '<(OBJ_DIR)/node_base/src/tracing',
+-              }],
+-            ]}
+-          ]
+-        ],
 -       },
 -
 -      'includes': [
@@ -49,36 +64,17 @@ diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp ./node.gyp
 -        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)', # for node_natives.h
 -      ],
 -
--      'libraries': [
--        '<(OBJ_GEN_PATH)/node_javascript.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/async-wrap.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/env.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/node.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_buffer.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_i18n.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/debug-agent.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/util.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/string_bytes.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/string_search.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/stream_base.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_constants.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--        '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_revert.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--      ],
--
--      'defines': [
--        # gtest's ASSERT macros conflict with our own.
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_EQ=1',
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_GE=1',
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_GT=1',
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_LE=1',
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_LT=1',
--        'GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_ASSERT_NE=1',
--        'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1',
--      ],
+-      'defines': [ 'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1' ],
 -
 -      'sources': [
+-        'src/node_platform.cc',
+-        'src/node_platform.h',
+-        'test/cctest/node_test_fixture.cc',
+-        'test/cctest/test_aliased_buffer.cc',
 -        'test/cctest/test_base64.cc',
+-        'test/cctest/test_environment.cc',
 -        'test/cctest/test_util.cc',
+-        'test/cctest/test_url.cc'
 -      ],
 -
 -      'sources!': [
@@ -86,11 +82,39 @@ diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp ./node.gyp
 -      ],
 -
 -      'conditions': [
--        ['v8_inspector=="true"', {
+-        ['node_target_type!="static_library"', {
+-          'libraries': [
+-            '<(OBJ_GEN_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_javascript.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_debug_options.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)async-wrap.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)env.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_buffer.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_i18n.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_perf.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_url.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)util.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)string_bytes.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)string_search.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)stream_base.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_constants.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_TRACING_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)agent.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_TRACING_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_trace_buffer.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_TRACING_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_trace_writer.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-            '<(OBJ_TRACING_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)trace_event.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-          ],
+-        }],
+-        ['v8_enable_inspector==1', {
 -          'sources': [
 -            'test/cctest/test_inspector_socket.cc',
+-            'test/cctest/test_inspector_socket_server.cc'
 -          ],
 -          'conditions': [
+-            [ 'node_shared_zlib=="false"', {
+-              'dependencies': [
+-                'deps/zlib/zlib.gyp:zlib',
+-              ]
+-            }],
 -            [ 'node_shared_openssl=="false" and node_shared=="false"', {
 -              'dependencies': [
 -                'deps/openssl/openssl.gyp:openssl'
@@ -108,13 +132,18 @@ diff -u -r ../node-v6.11.2/node.gyp ./node.gyp
 -            }]
 -          ]
 -        }],
+-        [ 'node_use_v8_platform=="true"', {
+-          'dependencies': [
+-            'deps/v8/src/v8.gyp:v8_libplatform',
+-          ],
+-        }],
 -        [ 'node_use_dtrace=="true" and OS!="mac" and OS!="linux"', {
 -          'copies': [{
 -            'destination': '<(OBJ_DIR)/cctest/src',
 -            'files': [
--              '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_dtrace_ustack.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--              '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_dtrace_provider.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
--              '<(OBJ_PATH)/node_dtrace.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-              '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_dtrace_ustack.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-              '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_dtrace_provider.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
+-              '<(OBJ_PATH)<(OBJ_SEPARATOR)node_dtrace.<(OBJ_SUFFIX)',
 -            ]},
 -          ],
 -        }],
diff --git a/packages/nodejs/npm-avoid-chown.patch b/packages/nodejs/npm-avoid-chown.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c452ee22..000000000
--- a/packages/nodejs/npm-avoid-chown.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Termux is effectively a single-user system so chown:ing
-does not make much sense.
-
-Without this patch npm fails with EPERM on chown
-for cache.json when first building the local index.
-diff -u -r ../node-v0.12.7/deps/npm/lib/cache/update-index.js ./deps/npm/lib/cache/update-index.js
---- ../node-v0.12.7/deps/npm/lib/cache/update-index.js	2015-07-09 18:41:19.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./deps/npm/lib/cache/update-index.js	2015-07-24 20:45:21.078116384 -0400
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- var assert = require('assert')
- var path = require('path')
- var mkdir = require('mkdirp')
--var chownr = require('chownr')
-+var chownr = function(path, uid, gid, cb) { cb(null); }
- var npm = require('../npm.js')
- var log = require('npmlog')
- var cacheFile = require('npm-cache-filename')