diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index c0a218b..9533df7 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+next
+==================
+
+ * fix: drop `package.engines.node` requirement to >= 6.0.0
+   * this fixes `yarn`, which errors when this semver range is not satisfied
+
 2.1.0 / 2017-03-07
 ==================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5931729..23f69f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "test-console": "^0.7.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 7.6.0"
+    "node": ">= 6.0.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib"