diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 363cfac..0c2e0a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The methods in this package perform no operations by default. This means they ca
 
 - An application you wish to instrument
 - [OpenTelemetry JS SDK][opentelemetry-js]
-- Node.js >=8.5.0 (14+ is preferred) or an ECMAScript 5+ compatible browser
+- Node.js >=8.12.0 (14+ is preferred) or an ECMAScript 5+ compatible browser
 
 **Note:** ECMAScript 5+ compatibility is for this package only. Please refer to the documentation for the SDK you are using to determine its minimum ECMAScript version.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0bfdbc9..b176376 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   "author": "OpenTelemetry Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=8.0.0"
+    "node": ">=8.12.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "build/esm/**/*.js",