diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29bf5be559d75d..e915dabd6f8ea6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.0">9.6.0</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.1">9.6.1</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.6.0">9.6.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.5.0">9.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.4.0">9.4.0</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md#9.3.0">9.3.0</a><br/>
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
index 1641a651898fd6..a95c79634dbee3 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V9.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<a href="#9.6.1">9.6.1</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.6.0">9.6.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.5.0">9.5.0</a><br/>
 <a href="#9.4.0">9.4.0</a><br/>
@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="9.6.1"></a>
+## 2018-02-22, Version 9.6.1 (Current), @MylesBorins
+
+This is a special release to fix potentially Semver-Major regression that was released in v9.6.0
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+* **events**:
+  - `events.usingDomains` being set to `false` by default was removed in 9.6.0 which was a change in behavior compares to 9.5.0. This behavior change has been reverted and the `events` object now has `usingDomains` preset to `false`, which is the behavior in 9.x prior to 9.6.0 (Myles Borins) [#18944](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18944)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`761caec379`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/761caec379)] - **events**: preset `usingDomains` to false (Myles Borins) [#18944](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18944)
+
 <a id="9.6.0"></a>
 ## 2018-02-22, Version 9.6.0 (Current), @MylesBorins
 
diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index dda33758dbda55..07fa6484363116 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ module.exports = EventEmitter;
 // Backwards-compat with node 0.10.x
 EventEmitter.EventEmitter = EventEmitter;
 
+EventEmitter.usingDomains = false;
+
 EventEmitter.prototype._events = undefined;
 EventEmitter.prototype._eventsCount = 0;
 EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = undefined;
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 1df51f5036c39c..e05db68691fee0 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 0
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME ""
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-subclass.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-subclass.js
index 5189c3aa13422f..094565197bd740 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-subclass.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-subclass.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function MyEE(cb) {
 
 const myee = new MyEE(common.mustCall());
 
+myee.hasOwnProperty('usingDomains');
 
 util.inherits(ErrorEE, EventEmitter);
 function ErrorEE() {