diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index a83523286a91..a982da03f78b 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     # 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.28',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.29',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/builtins/builtins.cc b/deps/v8/src/builtins/builtins.cc
index 34424db08dc0..0faa675d4dc3 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/builtins/builtins.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/builtins/builtins.cc
@@ -838,10 +838,6 @@ Builtins::JSBuiltinStateFlags Builtins::GetJSBuiltinState(Builtin builtin) {
     case Builtin::kErrorIsError:
       RETURN_FLAG_DEPENDENT_BUILTIN_STATE(v8_flags.js_error_iserror);
 
-    // --js-regexp-escape
-    case Builtin::kRegExpEscape:
-      RETURN_FLAG_DEPENDENT_BUILTIN_STATE(v8_flags.js_regexp_escape);
-
     // --js-explicit-resource-management
     case Builtin::kSuppressedErrorConstructor:
     case Builtin::kDisposableStackConstructor:
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/flags/flag-definitions.h b/deps/v8/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
index aab9435dbb53..fb1bae236111 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/flags/flag-definitions.h
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ DEFINE_BOOL(js_shipping, true, "enable all shipped JavaScript features")
   V(js_promise_try, "Promise.try")                                           \
   V(js_atomics_pause, "Atomics.pause")                                       \
   V(js_error_iserror, "Error.isError")                                       \
-  V(js_regexp_escape, "RegExp.escape")                                       \
   V(js_explicit_resource_management, "explicit resource management")         \
   V(js_float16array,                                                         \
     "Float16Array, Math.f16round, DataView.getFloat16, DataView.setFloat16") \
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/init/bootstrapper.cc b/deps/v8/src/init/bootstrapper.cc
index ba75a3a17df2..cab17a763ab8 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/init/bootstrapper.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/init/bootstrapper.cc
@@ -3320,6 +3320,9 @@ void Genesis::InitializeGlobal(DirectHandle<JSGlobalObject> global_object,
       INSTALL_CAPTURE_GETTER(8);
       INSTALL_CAPTURE_GETTER(9);
 #undef INSTALL_CAPTURE_GETTER
+
+      SimpleInstallFunction(isolate_, regexp_fun, "escape",
+                            Builtin::kRegExpEscape, 1, kAdapt);
     }
     SetConstructorInstanceType(isolate_, regexp_fun,
                                JS_REG_EXP_CONSTRUCTOR_TYPE);
@@ -5897,14 +5900,7 @@ void Genesis::InitializeGlobal_js_float16array() {
                                    Context::FLOAT16_ARRAY_FUN_INDEX);
 }
 
-void Genesis::InitializeGlobal_js_regexp_escape() {
-  if (!v8_flags.js_regexp_escape) return;
 
-  DirectHandle<JSFunction> regexp_fun(native_context()->regexp_function(),
-                                      isolate());
-  SimpleInstallFunction(isolate(), regexp_fun, "escape", Builtin::kRegExpEscape,
-                        1, kAdapt);
-}
 
 void Genesis::InitializeGlobal_js_defer_import_eval() {}
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/test262/testcfg.py b/deps/v8/test/test262/testcfg.py
index aa93daaef0cd..e04ab5fd0311 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/test262/testcfg.py
+++ b/deps/v8/test/test262/testcfg.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
     'source-phase-imports': '--js-source-phase-imports --allow-natives-syntax',
     'Error.isError': '--js-error-iserror',
     'uint8array-base64': '--js-base-64',
-    'RegExp.escape': '--js-regexp-escape',
     'upsert': '--js-upsert',
     'Intl.Locale': '--js-intl-locale-variants',
     'nonextensible-applies-to-private': '--js-nonextensible-applies-to-private',
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/debuglog.js b/lib/internal/util/debuglog.js
index 1cb3ba4df520..f7b50f1956e2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/debuglog.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/debuglog.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const {
   NumberPrototypeToFixed,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   RegExp,
+  RegExpEscape,
   RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeArrayIterator,
   SafeMap,
@@ -34,11 +35,7 @@ let testEnabled;
 function initializeDebugEnv(debugEnv) {
   debugImpls = { __proto__: null };
   if (debugEnv) {
-    // This is run before any user code, it's OK not to use primordials.
-    debugEnv = debugEnv.replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+?.]/g, '\\$&')
-      .replaceAll('*', '.*')
-      .replaceAll(',', '$|^');
-    const debugEnvRegex = new RegExp(`^${debugEnv}$`, 'i');
+    const debugEnvRegex = new RegExp(`^${RegExpEscape(debugEnv)}$`, 'i');
     testEnabled = (str) => RegExpPrototypeExec(debugEnvRegex, str) !== null;
   } else {
     testEnabled = () => false;