diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/package.json b/packages/pg-pool/package.json
index dc0275699..a1fa1465e 100644
--- a/packages/pg-pool/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     "pg-cursor": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "pg": ">5.0"
+    "pg": ">=8.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/pg/Makefile b/packages/pg/Makefile
index 52d0545d3..a5b0bc1da 100644
--- a/packages/pg/Makefile
+++ b/packages/pg/Makefile
@@ -62,6 +62,4 @@ test-pool:
 
 lint:
 	@echo "***Starting lint***"
-	node -e "process.exit(Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) < 8 ? 0 : 1)" \
-	  && echo "***Skipping lint (node version too old)***" \
-	  || node_modules/.bin/eslint lib
+	node_modules/.bin/eslint lib
diff --git a/packages/pg/package.json b/packages/pg/package.json
index 91e27a887..5ca6f262f 100644
--- a/packages/pg/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 4.5.0"
+    "node": ">= 8.0.0"
   }
 }