diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v16.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v16.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b114c65cd166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v16.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ callPackage, openssl, python3, enableNpm ? true }:
+
+let
+  buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
+    inherit openssl;
+    python = python3;
+  };
+in
+  buildNodejs {
+    inherit enableNpm;
+    version = "16.0.0";
+    sha256 = "00mada0vvybizygwhzsq6gcz0m2k864lfiiqqlnw8gcc3q8r1js7";
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b8089875ee84..00f21302c235 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6185,9 +6185,13 @@ in
   nodejs-slim-15_x = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v15.nix {
     enableNpm = false;
   };
+  nodejs-16_x = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v16.nix { };
+  nodejs-slim-16_x = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v16.nix {
+    enableNpm = false;
+  };
   # Update this when adding the newest nodejs major version!
-  nodejs_latest = nodejs-15_x;
-  nodejs-slim_latest = nodejs-slim-15_x;
+  nodejs_latest = nodejs-16_x;
+  nodejs-slim_latest = nodejs-slim-16_x;
 
   nodePackages_latest = dontRecurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/node-packages/default.nix {
     nodejs = pkgs.nodejs_latest;