diff --git a/www/node/Makefile b/www/node/Makefile
index 297530e7d1341..b64071c52c1a0 100644
--- a/www/node/Makefile
+++ b/www/node/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	node
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	16.6.1
+DISTVERSION=	16.6.2
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	http://nodejs.org/dist/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
diff --git a/www/node/distinfo b/www/node/distinfo
index 820d3cb9845f5..354de82cea8bc 100644
--- a/www/node/distinfo
+++ b/www/node/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1631602434
-SHA256 (node-v16.6.1.tar.gz) = 36467b8a4e7e3bacc2f4f1709a83b0506429d1999bc461e5e363bc91d3437c09
-SIZE (node-v16.6.1.tar.gz) = 63990910
+TIMESTAMP = 1631603833
+SHA256 (node-v16.6.2.tar.gz) = e8df4a0084c379a37c11b315b7d068760a38598119d7ca9262977adcbbb58933
+SIZE (node-v16.6.2.tar.gz) = 64007539
diff --git a/www/node/files/patch-src_cares__wrap.h b/www/node/files/patch-src_cares__wrap.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f57f6d8b3336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/node/files/patch-src_cares__wrap.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/cares_wrap.h.orig	2021-08-18 22:13:12 UTC
++++ src/cares_wrap.h
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ # include <netdb.h>
+ #endif  // __POSIX__
+ 
+-# include <ares_nameser.h>
++# include <arpa/nameser.h>
+ 
+ namespace node {
+ namespace cares_wrap {