diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index f261dae121b9f..7b87b94452ead 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = async process => {
   // checks as early as possible so the user gets the error message.
   const semver = require('semver')
   const supported = require('../package.json').engines.node
-  const knownBroken = '<6.2.0 || 9 <9.3.0'
+  const knownBroken = '<12.5.0'
 
   const nodejsVersion = process.version.replace(/-.*$/, '')
   /* eslint-disable no-console */
diff --git a/test/lib/cli.js b/test/lib/cli.js
index 49af62e8f2164..65ac88f45e3d9 100644
--- a/test/lib/cli.js
+++ b/test/lib/cli.js
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ t.test('unsupported node version', async t => {
   })
   await cli(process)
   t.match(errors, [
-    'npm does not support Node.js 10.0.0',
+    'npm does not support Node.js 12.6.0',
     'You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we',
     'can\'t make any promises that npm will work with this version.',
   ])