diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6e929dd..c5a8a82f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "winser": "=0.0.11"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node" : ">=0.6"
+    "node" : ">=0.8"
   },
   "bin": { "statsd": "./bin/statsd" }
 }