diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index fbee26b668143a..a4f7e9d5aede99 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     # 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.5',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.6',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/message/message.status b/deps/v8/test/message/message.status
index 03c7d6618c4f65..4301867fdf664f 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/message/message.status
+++ b/deps/v8/test/message/message.status
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 }],
 
 ################################################################################
+['arch == ppc64', {
+  # Tests that require Simd enabled.
+  'wasm-trace-memory': [SKIP],
+}],
+
 ['arch == mips64el or arch == mipsel', {
   # Tests that require Simd enabled.
   'wasm-trace-memory': [SKIP],
diff --git a/deps/v8/tools/testrunner/base_runner.py b/deps/v8/tools/testrunner/base_runner.py
index 7b28d486cc9345..76aff630ff29b5 100644
--- a/deps/v8/tools/testrunner/base_runner.py
+++ b/deps/v8/tools/testrunner/base_runner.py
@@ -654,6 +654,10 @@ def _get_statusfile_variables(self, options):
        self.build_config.arch == 'mipsel':
        no_simd_sse = not simd_mips
 
+    # Set no_simd_sse on architectures without Simd enabled.
+    if self.build_config.arch == 'ppc64':
+       no_simd_sse = True
+
     return {
       "arch": self.build_config.arch,
       "asan": self.build_config.asan,