--- title: "Getting recursive with Node 20.1" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 485 published_at: "2023-05-09" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/485" --- Plus building Node addons in Rust with Neon, and GitHub Actions forces an upgrade to Node 16. | #​485 — May 9, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/485) Together with [![AppSignal logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_700,h_120/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/lme8p344dw1aodshz9px.png)](https://blog.appsignal.com/2023/03/22/introducing-appsignal-log-management.html?utm_source=node-weekly-sponsored&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-03-22) ![Node.js Weekly](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/v1653576619/lgfqinzbdqttwmhvljxb.png) [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/bnfxgnz7q12qubsl8rme.jpg)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.1.0) [Node v20.1.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.1.0) — If you’re still catching your breath after the [epic Node 20 release](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/v20-release-announce), don’t fear – 20.1 is a more typical bugfix, dependency update, and tweak-style affair. 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