diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
index 2c533d49687..3a39e8fb043 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ Popular CI servers already set the environment variable `CI` by default but you
 ```
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - 6
+  - 8
 cache:
   directories:
     - node_modules