body-parser

2.4.0 · 22 Oct 2026MIT201.6M / weekRepository Homepage npm Atom feed

Upgrading body-parser From 2.0.1 to 2.0.2

Same major only

1 release in betweenevery note read

Other targets from 2.0.1Newest 2.x, Clears its 2 advisories, Latest2.4.0

2.0.1yours
2.0.2target

2
changes to make: 0
advisories fixed: 0
new: 1
fix

Before you upgrade

Tick each one off as you go

Update package.json engines field to reflect minimum supported node version
breaking2.0.2
Remove unpipe package and use native unpipe method
breaking2.0.2

Security

2 advisories still affect 2.0.2

body-parser vulnerable to Denial of Service via trailing bytes after a compressed request bodyhigh · GHSA-27r3-jxmh-p828
body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when invalid limit value silently disables size enforcementlow · GHSA-v422-hmwv-36x6

Upgrading to 2.4.0 clears them.

Release by release

2.0.2
Migration needed31 Oct 20241 fix
- breaking
  Update package.json engines field to reflect minimum supported node version
- breaking
  Remove unpipe package and use native unpipe method
- fixed
  Remove brotli support check

1 other line we could not sort, mostly version bumps

Remove unused devDependency methods
2.0.2

1 internal line (docs, tests, tooling) left out.

Upgrade to 2.0.2

npm install body-parser@2.0.2

What 2.0.2 needs

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Check against your package.json

Which of your other dependencies stand in the way of 2.0.2. Read once, not stored.

After upgrading

Run the type checker, the linter and the tests.
Build, and look for new deprecation warnings.
Update peer dependencies the new version asks for.
2 advisories still affect 2.0.2.