diff --git a/src/node_http_parser_llhttp.cc b/src/node_http_parser_llhttp.cc
index 8728fa2b677403..423fb5e104bc50 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser_llhttp.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser_llhttp.cc
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 #define NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_HTTP 1
 
 #include "node_http_parser_impl.h"
+#include "node_metadata.h"
 
 namespace node {
 
+namespace per_process {
 const char* const llhttp_version =
     NODE_STRINGIFY(LLHTTP_VERSION_MAJOR)
     "."
     NODE_STRINGIFY(LLHTTP_VERSION_MINOR)
     "."
     NODE_STRINGIFY(LLHTTP_VERSION_PATCH);
-
+}  // namespace per_process
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(http_parser_llhttp,
diff --git a/src/node_http_parser_traditional.cc b/src/node_http_parser_traditional.cc
index 2ea452239a0a1d..89ef65979ca78b 100644
--- a/src/node_http_parser_traditional.cc
+++ b/src/node_http_parser_traditional.cc
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "node_http_parser_impl.h"
+#include "node_metadata.h"
 
 namespace node {
-
+namespace per_process {
 const char* const http_parser_version =
   NODE_STRINGIFY(HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_MAJOR)
   "."
   NODE_STRINGIFY(HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_MINOR)
   "."
   NODE_STRINGIFY(HTTP_PARSER_VERSION_PATCH);
-
+}  // namespace per_process
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(http_parser, node::InitializeHttpParser)
diff --git a/src/node_internals.h b/src/node_internals.h
index 2c6aad5b967c3d..03017fb4f5185e 100644
--- a/src/node_internals.h
+++ b/src/node_internals.h
@@ -698,9 +698,6 @@ static inline const char* errno_string(int errorno) {
 
 extern double prog_start_time;
 
-extern const char* const llhttp_version;
-extern const char* const http_parser_version;
-
 void Abort(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
 void Chdir(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
 void CPUUsage(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
diff --git a/src/node_metadata.cc b/src/node_metadata.cc
index b851350958763d..1f86ebc5973fe7 100644
--- a/src/node_metadata.cc
+++ b/src/node_metadata.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "brotli/encode.h"
 #include "nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h"
 #include "node.h"
-#include "node_internals.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "uv.h"
 #include "v8.h"
@@ -45,8 +44,8 @@ Metadata::Versions::Versions() {
   modules = NODE_STRINGIFY(NODE_MODULE_VERSION);
   nghttp2 = NGHTTP2_VERSION;
   napi = NODE_STRINGIFY(NAPI_VERSION);
-  llhttp = llhttp_version;
-  http_parser = http_parser_version;
+  llhttp = per_process::llhttp_version;
+  http_parser = per_process::http_parser_version;
 
   brotli =
     std::to_string(BrotliEncoderVersion() >> 24) +
diff --git a/src/node_metadata.h b/src/node_metadata.h
index ca4a574008f81e..bf1a7cb9e07c20 100644
--- a/src/node_metadata.h
+++ b/src/node_metadata.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class Metadata {
 // Per-process global
 namespace per_process {
 extern Metadata metadata;
+extern const char* const llhttp_version;
+extern const char* const http_parser_version;
 }
 
 }  // namespace node