diff --git a/INSTALL-ADVANCED.md b/INSTALL-ADVANCED.md
index e8310d84..28c2ef98 100644
--- a/INSTALL-ADVANCED.md
+++ b/INSTALL-ADVANCED.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If you are a Node.js developer, you may wish to install the balena CLI via [npm]
 The npm installation involves building native (platform-specific) binary modules, which require
 some development tools to be installed first, as follows.
 
-> **The balena CLI currently requires Node.js version 10 (min 10.20.0) or 12.**  
+> **The balena CLI currently requires Node.js version 12 (min 12.8.0).**  
 > **Versions 13 and later are not yet fully supported.**
 
 ### Install development tools
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6f0a413..3ad924a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   "author": "Balena Inc. (https://balena.io/)",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.0.0 <13.0.0",
+    "node": ">=12.8.0 <13.0.0",
     "npm": "<7.0.0"
   },
   "husky": {