diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index cebf2121ff9130..0dc9b046298aff 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     # 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.39',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.40',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips/macro-assembler-mips.cc b/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips/macro-assembler-mips.cc
index 2e4698a9e71c78..76503f6d6a544a 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips/macro-assembler-mips.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips/macro-assembler-mips.cc
@@ -3853,10 +3853,8 @@ void TurboAssembler::Jump(Handle<Code> code, RelocInfo::Mode rmode,
 }
 
 void TurboAssembler::Jump(const ExternalReference& reference) {
-  UseScratchRegisterScope temps(this);
-  Register scratch = temps.Acquire();
-  li(scratch, reference);
-  Jump(scratch);
+  li(t9, reference);
+  Jump(t9);
 }
 
 void MacroAssembler::JumpIfIsInRange(Register value, unsigned lower_limit,
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips64/macro-assembler-mips64.cc b/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips64/macro-assembler-mips64.cc
index b3537860643784..e1eabc18362a9f 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips64/macro-assembler-mips64.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/codegen/mips64/macro-assembler-mips64.cc
@@ -4202,10 +4202,8 @@ void TurboAssembler::Jump(Handle<Code> code, RelocInfo::Mode rmode,
 }
 
 void TurboAssembler::Jump(const ExternalReference& reference) {
-  UseScratchRegisterScope temps(this);
-  Register scratch = temps.Acquire();
-  li(scratch, reference);
-  Jump(scratch);
+  li(t9, reference);
+  Jump(t9);
 }
 
 // Note: To call gcc-compiled C code on mips, you must call through t9.