diff --git a/spec/node-spec.js b/spec/node-spec.js
index 286c4d6f9161..0ab98aa67ab9 100644
--- a/spec/node-spec.js
+++ b/spec/node-spec.js
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ describe('node feature', function () {
       assert.equal(b.toString(), 'Jøhänñéß')
       assert.equal(Buffer.byteLength(p.innerText), 13)
     })
+
+    it('does not crash when creating large Buffers', function () {
+      new Buffer(new Array(4096).join(' '));
+      new Buffer(new Array(4097).join(' '));
+    })
   })
 
   describe('process.stdout', function () {
@@ -212,6 +217,12 @@ describe('node feature', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('process.version', function () {
+    it('should not have -pre', function () {
+      assert(!process.version.endsWith('-pre'))
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('vm.createContext', function () {
     it('should not crash', function () {
       require('vm').runInNewContext('')
diff --git a/vendor/node b/vendor/node
index 95e76436b3ac..c18d608cd584 160000
--- a/vendor/node
+++ b/vendor/node
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 95e76436b3aceff54ebf8b32282cdbf8c74c4a5a
+Subproject commit c18d608cd584e6b1c94a5d0d89939a1457f589b0