--- title: "Node gains HTTPS module import support" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 426 published_at: "2022-02-24" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/426" --- Plus Next.js 12.1, and how to use npm overrides. | #​426 — February 24, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/426) Node Weekly [Node v17.6.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.6.0/) — Adds _experimental_ support for [importing ES modules over HTTPS](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36328) (behind a flag, for now) – Hemanth HM has [a video on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GNUmanth/status/1492017904207810561) showing off this feature. npm gets bumped up to 8.5, and lots of little bug fixes as usual. 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