diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 767427124b..67dafbf502 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "which": "1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 0.8.0"
+    "node": ">= 4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tape": "~4.2.0",