nodejs 8.x is due :)
Would be awesome to update the nodejs package to 8.x now that it is scheduled for LTS as of 31st Oct. It contains npm 5.x which is an order of magnitude faster than npm 3.x bundled with Node.js 6.x.
(from redmine: issue id 8008, created on 2017-10-17, closed on 2019-05-03)