diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index f2d3ed4730f..74c4b120c11 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/src/objects/tagged-field.h b/deps/v8/src/objects/tagged-field.h
index 32410030f3c..27cc61682a1 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/objects/tagged-field.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/objects/tagged-field.h
@@ -100,12 +100,10 @@ static_assert(sizeof(UnalignedDoubleMember) == sizeof(double));
 #define FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER(Type, name)                     \
   using FlexibleDataReturnType = Type[0];                     \
   FlexibleDataReturnType& name() {                            \
-    static_assert(alignof(Type) <= alignof(decltype(*this))); \
     using ReturnType = Type[0];                               \
     return reinterpret_cast<ReturnType&>(*(this + 1));        \
   }                                                           \
   const FlexibleDataReturnType& name() const {                \
-    static_assert(alignof(Type) <= alignof(decltype(*this))); \
     using ReturnType = Type[0];                               \
     return reinterpret_cast<const ReturnType&>(*(this + 1));  \
   }                                                           \