diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 126d6abb3ef7c..45092c83ecd64 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     buildApp: __dirname + '/build/kibana', // build directory for the app
     configFile: __dirname + '/src/server/config/kibana.yml',
 
-    nodeVersion: '4.3.2',
+    nodeVersion: '4.4.4',
     platforms: ['darwin-x64', 'linux-x64', 'linux-x86', 'windows'],
     services: [ [ 'launchd', '10.9'], [ 'upstart', '1.5'], [ 'systemd', 'default'], [ 'sysv', 'lsb-3.1' ] ],
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92a3d43f4f29c..c103f7e73a26b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "tar": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "4.3.2",
-    "npm": "2.14.21"
+    "node": "4.4.4",
+    "npm": "2.15.1"
   }
 }