diff --git a/app/templates/README.md b/app/templates/README.md
index e49273a90..958834120 100644
--- a/app/templates/README.md
+++ b/app/templates/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This project was generated with the [Angular Full-Stack Generator](https://githu
 ### Prerequisites
 
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/)
-- [Node.js and NPM](nodejs.org) >= v0.10.0
+- [Node.js and NPM](nodejs.org) >= v0.12.0
 - [Bower](bower.io) (`npm install --global bower`)<% if(filters.sass) { %>
 - [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org) and then `gem install sass`<% } if(filters.grunt) { %>
 - [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) (`npm install --global grunt-cli`)<% } if(filters.gulp) { %>
diff --git a/app/templates/_package.json b/app/templates/_package.json
index 725b466ba..53b4e9824 100644
--- a/app/templates/_package.json
+++ b/app/templates/_package.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     "supertest": "~0.11.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.10.0"
+    "node": ">=0.12.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54ae8127f..353fcbfdd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "underscore.string": "^3.1.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.10.0",
+    "node": ">=0.12.0",
     "npm": ">=1.2.10"
   },
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause"