diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/repl.js b/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
index f69c2fa6..abc8aa87 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/repl.js
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
       if (opts == null) {
         opts = {};
       }
-      _ref1 = process.version.slice(1).split('.').map(function(n) {
+      _ref1 = process.versions.node.split('.').map(function(n) {
         return parseInt(n);
       }), major = _ref1[0], minor = _ref1[1], build = _ref1[2];
-      if (major === 0 && minor <= 7) {
-        console.warn("Node 0.8.0+ required for coffeescript REPL");
+      if (major === 0 && minor < 8) {
+        console.warn("Node 0.8.0+ required for CoffeeScript REPL");
         process.exit(1);
       }
       opts = merge(replDefaults, opts);
diff --git a/src/repl.coffee b/src/repl.coffee
index db5eed72..942deb35 100644
--- a/src/repl.coffee
+++ b/src/repl.coffee
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ addMultilineHandler = (repl) ->
 
 module.exports =
   start: (opts = {}) ->
-    [major, minor, build] = process.version[1..].split('.').map (n) -> parseInt(n)
+    [major, minor, build] = process.versions.node.split('.').map (n) -> parseInt(n)
 
-    if major is 0 and minor <= 7
-      console.warn "Node 0.8.0+ required for coffeescript REPL"
+    if major is 0 and minor < 8
+      console.warn "Node 0.8.0+ required for CoffeeScript REPL"
       process.exit 1
 
     opts = merge replDefaults, opts