diff --git a/container/snippets/package.json b/container/snippets/package.json
index d63ae903c9..66c5034c47 100644
--- a/container/snippets/package.json
+++ b/container/snippets/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=4.0.0"
+    "node": ">=6.0.0"
   },
   "repository": "googleapis/nodejs-cloud-container",
   "private": true,