diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f39eeb6603..5cdf23648d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "17.9"
 
         - name: Node.js 18.x
-          node-version: "18.15"
+          node-version: "18.19"
 
         - name: Node.js 19.x
-          node-version: "19.7"
+          node-version: "19.9"
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
     - name: Install Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       shell: bash -eo pipefail -l {0}
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
-
+    - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+ 
     - name: Install lcov
       shell: bash
       run: sudo apt-get -y install lcov
diff --git a/Contributing.md b/Contributing.md
index 485dee597e..dfe5f13833 100644
--- a/Contributing.md
+++ b/Contributing.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ contributors can be involved in decision making.
 
 * A **Contributor** is any individual creating or commenting on an issue or pull request.
 * A **Committer** is a subset of contributors who have been given write access to the repository.
+* A **Project Captain** is the lead maintainer of a repository.
 * A **TC (Technical Committee)** is a group of committers representing the required technical
 expertise to resolve rare disputes.
 * A **Triager** is a subset of contributors who have been given triage access to the repository.
@@ -102,12 +103,58 @@ If a consensus cannot be reached that has no objections then a majority wins vot
 is called. It is also expected that the majority of decisions made by the TC are via
 a consensus seeking process and that voting is only used as a last-resort.
 
-Resolution may involve returning the issue to committers with suggestions on how to
-move forward towards a consensus. It is not expected that a meeting of the TC
+Resolution may involve returning the issue to project captains with suggestions on
+how to move forward towards a consensus. It is not expected that a meeting of the TC
 will resolve all issues on its agenda during that meeting and may prefer to continue
-the discussion happening among the committers.
+the discussion happening among the project captains.
 
-Members can be added to the TC at any time. Any committer can nominate another committer
+Members can be added to the TC at any time. Any TC member can nominate another committer
 to the TC and the TC uses its standard consensus seeking process to evaluate whether or
-not to add this new member. Members who do not participate consistently at the level of
-a majority of the other members are expected to resign.
+not to add this new member. The TC will consist of a minimum of 3 active members and a
+maximum of 10. If the TC should drop below 5 members the active TC members should nominate
+someone new. If a TC member is stepping down, they are encouraged (but not required) to
+nominate someone to take their place.
+
+TC members will be added as admin's on the Github orgs, npm orgs, and other resources as
+necessary to be effective in the role.
+
+To remain "active" a TC member should have participation within the last 6 months and miss
+no more than three consecutive TC meetings. Members who do not meet this are expected to step down.
+If A TC member does not step down, an issue can be opened in the discussions repo to move them
+to inactive status. TC members who step down or are removed due to inactivity will be moved
+into inactive status.
+
+Inactive status members can become active members by self nomination if the TC is not already
+larger than the maximum of 10. They will also be given preference if, while at max size, an
+active member steps down.
+
+## Project Captains
+
+The Express TC can designate captains for individual projects/repos in the
+organizations. These captains are responsible for being the primary
+day-to-day maintainers of the repo on a technical and community front.
+Repo captains are empowered with repo ownership and package publication rights.
+When there are conflicts, especially on topics that effect the Express project
+at large, captains are responsible to raise it up to the TC and drive
+those conflicts to resolution. Captains are also responsible for making sure
+community members follow the community guidelines, maintaining the repo
+and the published package, as well as in providing user support.
+
+Like TC members, Repo captains are a subset of committers.
+
+To become a captain for a project the candidate is expected to participate in that
+project for at least 6 months as a committer prior to the request. They should have
+helped with code contributions as well as triaging issues. They are also required to
+have 2FA enabled on both their GitHub and npm accounts. Any TC member or existing
+captain on the repo can nominate another committer to the captain role, submit a PR to
+this doc, under `Current Project Captains` section (maintaining the sort order) with
+the project, their GitHub handle and npm username (if different). The PR will require
+at least 2 approvals from TC members and 2 weeks hold time to allow for comment and/or
+dissent.  When the PR is merged, a TC member will add them to the proper GitHub/npm groups.
+
+### Current Project Captains
+
+- `expressjs.com`: @crandmck
+- `multer`: @LinusU
+- `path-to-regexp`: @blakeembrey
+- `router`: @dougwilson
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 1412811ff4..b865082930 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ environment:
     - nodejs_version: "15.14"
     - nodejs_version: "16.20"
     - nodejs_version: "17.9"
-    - nodejs_version: "18.15"
-    - nodejs_version: "19.7"
+    - nodejs_version: "18.19"
+    - nodejs_version: "19.9"
 cache:
   - node_modules
 install:
diff --git a/benchmarks/README.md b/benchmarks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1894c527d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Express Benchmarks
+
+## Installation
+
+You will need to install [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk/blob/master/INSTALL) in order to run the benchmarks.
+
+## Running
+
+To run the benchmarks, first install the dependencies `npm i`, then run `make`
+
+The output will look something like this:
+
+```
+  50 connections
+  1 middleware
+ 7.15ms
+ 6784.01
+
+ [...redacted...]
+
+  1000 connections
+  10 middleware
+ 139.21ms
+ 6155.19
+
+```
+
+### Tip: Include Node.js version in output
+
+You can use `make && node -v` to include the node.js version in the output.
+
+### Tip: Save the results to a file
+
+You can use `make > results.log` to save the results to a file `results.log`.
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index c19ed30a25..bd1f1f6310 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ This page contains list of examples using Express.
 - [hello-world](./hello-world) - Simple request handler
 - [markdown](./markdown) - Markdown as template engine
 - [multi-router](./multi-router) - Working with multiple Express routers
-- [multipart](./multipart) - Accepting multipart-encoded forms
 - [mvc](./mvc) - MVC-style controllers
 - [online](./online) - Tracking online user activity with `online` and `redis` packages
 - [params](./params) - Working with route parameters
diff --git a/examples/cookie-sessions/index.js b/examples/cookie-sessions/index.js
index 01c731c1c8..83b6faee82 100644
--- a/examples/cookie-sessions/index.js
+++ b/examples/cookie-sessions/index.js
@@ -13,13 +13,10 @@ var app = module.exports = express();
 app.use(cookieSession({ secret: 'manny is cool' }));
 
 // do something with the session
-app.use(count);
-
-// custom middleware
-function count(req, res) {
+app.get('/', function (req, res) {
   req.session.count = (req.session.count || 0) + 1
   res.send('viewed ' + req.session.count + ' times\n')
-}
+})
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 if (!module.parent) {
diff --git a/examples/multipart/index.js b/examples/multipart/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ea7b86e0c9..0000000000
--- a/examples/multipart/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-/**
- * Module dependencies.
- */
-
-var express = require('../..');
-var multiparty = require('multiparty');
-var format = require('util').format;
-
-var app = module.exports = express();
-
-app.get('/', function(req, res){
-  res.send('<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">'
-    + '<p>Title: <input type="text" name="title" /></p>'
-    + '<p>Image: <input type="file" name="image" /></p>'
-    + '<p><input type="submit" value="Upload" /></p>'
-    + '</form>');
-});
-
-app.post('/', function(req, res, next){
-  // create a form to begin parsing
-  var form = new multiparty.Form();
-  var image;
-  var title;
-
-  form.on('error', next);
-  form.on('close', function(){
-    res.send(format('\nuploaded %s (%d Kb) as %s'
-      , image.filename
-      , image.size / 1024 | 0
-      , title));
-  });
-
-  // listen on field event for title
-  form.on('field', function(name, val){
-    if (name !== 'title') return;
-    title = val;
-  });
-
-  // listen on part event for image file
-  form.on('part', function(part){
-    if (!part.filename) return;
-    if (part.name !== 'image') return part.resume();
-    image = {};
-    image.filename = part.filename;
-    image.size = 0;
-    part.on('data', function(buf){
-      image.size += buf.length;
-    });
-  });
-
-
-  // parse the form
-  form.parse(req);
-});
-
-/* istanbul ignore next */
-if (!module.parent) {
-  app.listen(4000);
-  console.log('Express started on port 4000');
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b77937d439..cf36773643 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,14 +66,13 @@
     "cookie-parser": "1.4.6",
     "cookie-session": "2.0.0",
     "ejs": "3.1.9",
-    "eslint": "8.36.0",
+    "eslint": "8.47.0",
     "express-session": "1.17.2",
     "hbs": "4.2.0",
     "marked": "0.7.0",
     "method-override": "3.0.0",
     "mocha": "10.2.0",
     "morgan": "1.10.0",
-    "multiparty": "4.2.3",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "pbkdf2-password": "1.2.1",
     "supertest": "6.3.0",
diff --git a/test/Router.js b/test/Router.js
index cf5b5c1f0d..b22001a9ff 100644
--- a/test/Router.js
+++ b/test/Router.js
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ describe('Router', function(){
       var req2 = { url: '/foo/10/bar', method: 'get' };
       var router = new Router();
       var sub = new Router();
+      var cb = after(2, done)
 
-      done = after(2, done);
 
       sub.get('/bar', function(req, res, next) {
         next();
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ describe('Router', function(){
         assert.ifError(err);
         assert.equal(req1.ms, 50);
         assert.equal(req1.originalUrl, '/foo/50/bar');
-        done();
+        cb()
       });
 
       router.handle(req2, {}, function(err) {
         assert.ifError(err);
         assert.equal(req2.ms, 10);
         assert.equal(req2.originalUrl, '/foo/10/bar');
-        done();
+        cb()
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/app.router.js b/test/app.router.js
index 4fde03105c..12b6c1fa51 100644
--- a/test/app.router.js
+++ b/test/app.router.js
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ describe('app.router', function(){
 
       request(app)
         .get('/foo.json')
-        .expect(200, 'foo as json', done)
+        .expect(200, 'foo as json', cb)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/test/app.use.js b/test/app.use.js
index fd9b1751a3..1de3275c8e 100644
--- a/test/app.use.js
+++ b/test/app.use.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('app', function(){
 
       request(app)
         .get('/forum')
-        .expect(200, 'forum', done)
+        .expect(200, 'forum', cb)
     })
 
     it('should set the child\'s .parent', function(){