diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 43cbd973fdf..5e39ad3f096 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     # 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.11',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.12',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
index 87e52b1e432..aa152e5d729 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.cc
@@ -6356,12 +6356,13 @@ void Heap::AddRetainedMaps(DirectHandle<NativeContext> context,
                            GlobalHandleVector<Map> maps) {
   Handle<WeakArrayList> array(Cast<WeakArrayList>(context->retained_maps()),
                               isolate());
-  if (array->IsFull()) {
+  int new_maps_size = static_cast<int>(maps.size()) * kRetainMapEntrySize;
+  if (array->length() + new_maps_size > array->capacity()) {
     CompactRetainedMaps(*array);
   }
   int cur_length = array->length();
-  array = WeakArrayList::EnsureSpace(
-      isolate(), array, cur_length + static_cast<int>(maps.size()) * 2);
+  array =
+      WeakArrayList::EnsureSpace(isolate(), array, cur_length + new_maps_size);
   if (*array != context->retained_maps()) {
     context->set_retained_maps(*array);
   }
@@ -6379,7 +6380,7 @@ void Heap::AddRetainedMaps(DirectHandle<NativeContext> context,
       raw_array->Set(cur_length, MakeWeak(*map));
       raw_array->Set(cur_length + 1,
                      Smi::FromInt(v8_flags.retain_maps_for_n_gc));
-      cur_length += 2;
+      cur_length += kRetainMapEntrySize;
       raw_array->set_length(cur_length);
 
       map->set_is_in_retained_map_list(true);
@@ -6391,7 +6392,7 @@ void Heap::CompactRetainedMaps(Tagged<WeakArrayList> retained_maps) {
   int length = retained_maps->length();
   int new_length = 0;
   // This loop compacts the array by removing cleared weak cells.
-  for (int i = 0; i < length; i += 2) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < length; i += kRetainMapEntrySize) {
     Tagged<MaybeObject> maybe_object = retained_maps->Get(i);
     if (maybe_object.IsCleared()) {
       continue;
@@ -6405,7 +6406,7 @@ void Heap::CompactRetainedMaps(Tagged<WeakArrayList> retained_maps) {
       retained_maps->Set(new_length, maybe_object);
       retained_maps->Set(new_length + 1, age);
     }
-    new_length += 2;
+    new_length += kRetainMapEntrySize;
   }
   Tagged<HeapObject> undefined = ReadOnlyRoots(this).undefined_value();
   for (int i = new_length; i < length; i++) {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
index 7755905b41f..960a21a627d 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/heap/heap.h
@@ -1812,6 +1812,8 @@ class Heap final {
   void AddToRingBuffer(const char* string);
   void GetFromRingBuffer(char* buffer);
 
+  static constexpr int kRetainMapEntrySize = 2;
+
   void CompactRetainedMaps(Tagged<WeakArrayList> retained_maps);
 
   void CollectGarbageOnMemoryPressure();