diff --git a/bin/release.js b/bin/release.js
index 93b3db5..60628f2 100755
--- a/bin/release.js
+++ b/bin/release.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // Packages
 const asyncToGen = require('async-to-gen/register')
 const updateNotifier = require('update-notifier')
+const {red} = require('chalk')
+const nodeVersion = require('node-version')
 
 // Ours
 const pkg = require('../package')
@@ -12,6 +14,12 @@ asyncToGen({
   excludes: null
 })
 
+// Throw an error if node version is too low
+if (nodeVersion.major < 6) {
+  console.error(`${red('Error!')} Now requires at least version 6 of Node. Please upgrade!`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
 // Let user know if there's an update
 // This isn't important when deployed to Now
 if (!process.env.NOW) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a977c6a..a7ecb66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "git-username": "^0.5.0",
     "github": "^8.0.0",
     "inquirer": "^2.0.0",
+    "node-version": "^1.0.0",
     "open": "0.0.5",
     "ora": "^0.4.1",
     "pluralize": "^3.1.0",