diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b973006..0f503e9 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ npm install --save-dev cross-env
 > WARNING! Make sure that when you're installing packages that you spell things
 > correctly to avoid [mistakenly installing malware][malware]
 
+> NOTE : Version 6 of cross-env only supports Node.js 8 and higher, to use it on Node.js 7 or lower install version 5
+> ```npm install --save-dev cross-env@5 ```
+
 ## Usage
 
 I use this in my npm scripts:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6123780..8be7cad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "cross-env-shell": "dist/bin/cross-env-shell.js"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=4.0"
+    "node": ">=8.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "add-contributor": "kcd-scripts contributors add",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "author": "Kent C. Dodds <kent@doddsfamily.us> (http://kentcdodds.com/)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cross-spawn": "^6.0.5"
+    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "kcd-scripts": "^0.3.4"