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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The Lounge is the official and community-managed fork of [Shout](https://github.
 
 ## Installation and usage
 
-The Lounge requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) v6 or more recent.
+The Lounge requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) v8 or more recent.
 [Yarn package manager](https://yarnpkg.com/) is also recommended.  
 If you want to install with npm, `--unsafe-perm` is required for a correct install.