diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2962f9f5c..59aeb4f1c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ jobs:
       script: npm run unit
     - node_js: 8
       script: npm run unit
-    - node_js: 6
-      script: npm run unit
     - stage: release
       node_js: lts/*
       env: semantic-release
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1ada7dc4..6224b2bf3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "url": "http://github.com/nock/nock/issues"
   },
   "engines": [
-    "node >= 4.0"
+    "node >= 8.0"
   ],
   "main": "./index",
   "dependencies": {