diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 998cb8e04..282d3360e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG NODE_VERSION=6.9.5
+ARG NODE_VERSION=8.9.1
 FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}
 
 # Add our user and group first to make sure their IDs get assigned consistently,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86a45f700..19686ad1f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "webdriverio": ">3.4.0 <5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=6.11"
+    "node": ">=8.9.1"
   },
   "es6": true
 }