--- title: "npm 7.0 released (and a webpack 5 headache)" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 360 published_at: "2020-10-15" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/360" --- This week's Node news, links, and releases. #360 — October 15, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/360) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/mhnoumh31w1zk8smxblg.jpg)](https://github.blog/2020-10-13-presenting-v7-0-0-of-the-npm-cli/) [npm 7.0 Released](https://github.blog/2020-10-13-presenting-v7-0-0-of-the-npm-cli/) — With millions of users, resulting in 75 billion package downloads per month, `npm` has undoubtedly been a huge success and npm 7 is now here (and will also come with Node.js 15.0 next week). Notable features include [workspaces](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/blob/latest/implemented/0026-workspaces.md), installation of [peer dependencies](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/blob/latest/implemented/0025-install-peer-deps.md), and [support for `yarn.lock`](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/621733939456933888/npm-v7-series-why-keep-package-lockjson). Get started today with `npm install -g npm@7`. Myles Borins [A Webpack 5 Headache](https://blog.sindresorhus.com/webpack-5-headache-b6ac24973bf1) — [webpack 5](https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/) has been released, but more on that in [JavaScript Weekly](https://javascriptweekly.com/) tomorrow! Here, Node’s most prolific module creator reflects on webpack 5’s decision to [remove automatic Node API polyfills](https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/#automatic-nodejs-polyfills-removed) and its impact on him as a maintainer. 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