diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 1940e3fabbced4..ec877db9900e0e 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.15',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.16',
 
     # Enable disassembler for `--print-code` v8 options
     'v8_enable_disassembler': 1,
diff --git a/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h b/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
index 0e09d8732f2b72..bcb53f1446004a 100644
--- a/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
+++ b/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
@@ -686,11 +686,14 @@ class V8_EXPORT EmbedderGraph {
   virtual Node* AddNode(std::unique_ptr<Node> node) = 0;
 
   /**
-   * Adds an edge that represents a strong reference from the given node
-   * |from| to the given node |to|. The nodes must be added to the graph
+   * Adds an edge that represents a strong reference from the given
+   * node |from| to the given node |to|. The nodes must be added to the graph
    * before calling this function.
+   *
+   * If name is nullptr, the edge will have auto-increment indexes, otherwise
+   * it will be named accordingly.
    */
-  virtual void AddEdge(Node* from, Node* to) = 0;
+  virtual void AddEdge(Node* from, Node* to, const char* name = nullptr) = 0;
 
   virtual ~EmbedderGraph() = default;
 };
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/profiler/heap-snapshot-generator.cc b/deps/v8/src/profiler/heap-snapshot-generator.cc
index 841d4e16e57209..6564250d2e6672 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/profiler/heap-snapshot-generator.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/profiler/heap-snapshot-generator.cc
@@ -1989,6 +1989,7 @@ class EmbedderGraphImpl : public EmbedderGraph {
   struct Edge {
     Node* from;
     Node* to;
+    const char* name;
   };
 
   class V8NodeImpl : public Node {
@@ -2025,7 +2026,9 @@ class EmbedderGraphImpl : public EmbedderGraph {
     return result;
   }
 
-  void AddEdge(Node* from, Node* to) final { edges_.push_back({from, to}); }
+  void AddEdge(Node* from, Node* to, const char* name) final {
+    edges_.push_back({from, to, name});
+  }
 
   const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Node>>& nodes() { return nodes_; }
   const std::vector<Edge>& edges() { return edges_; }
@@ -2318,8 +2321,13 @@ bool NativeObjectsExplorer::IterateAndExtractReferences(
       int from_index = from->index();
       HeapEntry* to = EntryForEmbedderGraphNode(edge.to);
       if (to) {
-        filler_->SetIndexedAutoIndexReference(HeapGraphEdge::kElement,
-                                              from_index, to);
+        if (edge.name == nullptr) {
+          filler_->SetIndexedAutoIndexReference(HeapGraphEdge::kElement,
+                                                from_index, to);
+        } else {
+          filler_->SetNamedReference(HeapGraphEdge::kInternal, from_index,
+                                     edge.name, to);
+        }
       }
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-heap-profiler.cc b/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-heap-profiler.cc
index 70dc07d3dc872e..f164355bf8c25f 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-heap-profiler.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-heap-profiler.cc
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ static const char* GetName(const v8::HeapGraphNode* node) {
       ->name();
 }
 
+static const char* GetName(const v8::HeapGraphEdge* edge) {
+  return const_cast<i::HeapGraphEdge*>(
+             reinterpret_cast<const i::HeapGraphEdge*>(edge))
+      ->name();
+}
+
 static size_t GetSize(const v8::HeapGraphNode* node) {
   return const_cast<i::HeapEntry*>(reinterpret_cast<const i::HeapEntry*>(node))
       ->self_size();
@@ -128,6 +134,18 @@ static const v8::HeapGraphNode* GetChildByName(const v8::HeapGraphNode* node,
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+static const v8::HeapGraphEdge* GetEdgeByChildName(
+    const v8::HeapGraphNode* node, const char* name) {
+  for (int i = 0, count = node->GetChildrenCount(); i < count; ++i) {
+    const v8::HeapGraphEdge* edge = node->GetChild(i);
+    const v8::HeapGraphNode* child = edge->GetToNode();
+    if (!strcmp(name, GetName(child))) {
+      return edge;
+    }
+  }
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
 static const v8::HeapGraphNode* GetRootChild(const v8::HeapSnapshot* snapshot,
                                              const char* name) {
   return GetChildByName(snapshot->GetRoot(), name);
@@ -2986,6 +3004,71 @@ TEST(EmbedderGraph) {
   CheckEmbedderGraphSnapshot(env->GetIsolate(), snapshot);
 }
 
+void BuildEmbedderGraphWithNamedEdges(v8::Isolate* v8_isolate,
+                                      v8::EmbedderGraph* graph, void* data) {
+  using Node = v8::EmbedderGraph::Node;
+  Node* global_node = graph->V8Node(*global_object_pointer);
+  Node* embedder_node_A = graph->AddNode(
+      std::unique_ptr<Node>(new EmbedderNode("EmbedderNodeA", 10)));
+  Node* embedder_node_B = graph->AddNode(
+      std::unique_ptr<Node>(new EmbedderNode("EmbedderNodeB", 20)));
+  Node* embedder_node_C = graph->AddNode(
+      std::unique_ptr<Node>(new EmbedderNode("EmbedderNodeC", 30)));
+  graph->AddEdge(global_node, embedder_node_A, "global_to_a");
+  graph->AddEdge(embedder_node_A, embedder_node_B, "a_to_b");
+  graph->AddEdge(embedder_node_B, embedder_node_C);
+}
+
+void CheckEmbedderGraphWithNamedEdges(v8::Isolate* isolate,
+                                      const v8::HeapSnapshot* snapshot) {
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* global = GetGlobalObject(snapshot);
+  const v8::HeapGraphEdge* global_to_a =
+      GetEdgeByChildName(global, "EmbedderNodeA");
+  CHECK(global_to_a);
+  CHECK_EQ(v8::HeapGraphEdge::kInternal, global_to_a->GetType());
+  CHECK(global_to_a->GetName()->IsString());
+  CHECK_EQ(0, strcmp("global_to_a", GetName(global_to_a)));
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* embedder_node_A = global_to_a->GetToNode();
+  CHECK_EQ(0, strcmp("EmbedderNodeA", GetName(embedder_node_A)));
+  CHECK_EQ(10, GetSize(embedder_node_A));
+
+  const v8::HeapGraphEdge* a_to_b =
+      GetEdgeByChildName(embedder_node_A, "EmbedderNodeB");
+  CHECK(a_to_b);
+  CHECK(a_to_b->GetName()->IsString());
+  CHECK_EQ(0, strcmp("a_to_b", GetName(a_to_b)));
+  CHECK_EQ(v8::HeapGraphEdge::kInternal, a_to_b->GetType());
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* embedder_node_B = a_to_b->GetToNode();
+  CHECK_EQ(0, strcmp("EmbedderNodeB", GetName(embedder_node_B)));
+  CHECK_EQ(20, GetSize(embedder_node_B));
+
+  const v8::HeapGraphEdge* b_to_c =
+      GetEdgeByChildName(embedder_node_B, "EmbedderNodeC");
+  CHECK(b_to_c);
+  CHECK(b_to_c->GetName()->IsNumber());
+  CHECK_EQ(v8::HeapGraphEdge::kElement, b_to_c->GetType());
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* embedder_node_C = b_to_c->GetToNode();
+  CHECK_EQ(0, strcmp("EmbedderNodeC", GetName(embedder_node_C)));
+  CHECK_EQ(30, GetSize(embedder_node_C));
+}
+
+TEST(EmbedderGraphWithNamedEdges) {
+  i::FLAG_heap_profiler_use_embedder_graph = true;
+  LocalContext env;
+  v8::HandleScope scope(env->GetIsolate());
+  i::Isolate* isolate = reinterpret_cast<i::Isolate*>(env->GetIsolate());
+  v8::Local<v8::Value> global_object =
+      v8::Utils::ToLocal(i::Handle<i::JSObject>(
+          (isolate->context()->native_context()->global_object()), isolate));
+  global_object_pointer = &global_object;
+  v8::HeapProfiler* heap_profiler = env->GetIsolate()->GetHeapProfiler();
+  heap_profiler->AddBuildEmbedderGraphCallback(BuildEmbedderGraphWithNamedEdges,
+                                               nullptr);
+  const v8::HeapSnapshot* snapshot = heap_profiler->TakeHeapSnapshot();
+  CHECK(ValidateSnapshot(snapshot));
+  CheckEmbedderGraphWithNamedEdges(env->GetIsolate(), snapshot);
+}
+
 struct GraphBuildingContext {
   int counter = 0;
 };