diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81b794f..ec9d73d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ If you are in need of this kind of extra functionality, check out andris9's [mim
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) -- v0.4.0 or newer
+* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) -- v0.8.0 or newer
 * An IMAP server -- tested with gmail
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0021b4..471b4f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "author": "Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>",
   "description": "An IMAP module for node.js that makes communicating with IMAP servers easy",
   "main": "./lib/imap",
-  "engines": { "node" : ">=0.4.0" },
+  "engines": { "node" : ">=0.8.0" },
   "dependencies": {
     "utf7": "1.0.0"
   },