diff --git a/src/interfaces/appstore.js b/src/interfaces/appstore.js
index ba442c235..cfc17d592 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/appstore.js
+++ b/src/interfaces/appstore.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const { installModule, removeModule } = require('../modules')
 const {
   isTheServerModule,
   findModulesWithKeyword,
-  getLatestServerVersion,
+  getLatestServerVersionInfo,
   getAuthor
 } = require('../modules')
 const { SERVERROUTESPREFIX } = require('../constants')
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
       app.get(`${SERVERROUTESPREFIX}/appstore/available/`, (req, res) => {
         findPluginsAndWebapps()
           .then(([plugins, webapps]) => {
-            getLatestServerVersion(app.config.version)
-              .then(serverVersion => {
-                const result = getAllModuleInfo(plugins, webapps, serverVersion)
+            getLatestServerVersionInfo(app.config.version)
+              .then(({version}) => {
+                const result = getAllModuleInfo(plugins, webapps, version)
                 res.send(JSON.stringify(result))
               })
               .catch(err => {
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
       updates: [],
       installing: [],
       storeAvailable: true,
-      isInDocker: process.env.IS_IN_DOCKER === 'true'
+      isInDocker: process.env.IS_IN_DOCKER === 'true',
+      nodeVersion: {}
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/modules.test.js b/src/modules.test.js
index ffb04d48b..1c5b2a39b 100644
--- a/src/modules.test.js
+++ b/src/modules.test.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ describe('modulesWithKeyword', () => {
 })
 
 describe('checkForNewServerVersion', () => {
+  const newMinorVersionInfo = { version: '1.18.0', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
   it('normal version upgrade', done => {
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.17.0',
@@ -65,77 +66,82 @@ describe('checkForNewServerVersion', () => {
         if (err) {
           done(err)
         } else {
-          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal('1.18.0')
+          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal(newMinorVersionInfo.version)
           done()
         }
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.18.0')
+      () => Promise.resolve(newMinorVersionInfo)
     )
   })
 
   it('normal version does not upgrade to beta', done => {
+    const newBetaVersion = { version: '1.18.0-beta.2', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.17.0',
       err => {
         done('callback should not be called')
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.18.0-beta.1')
+      () => Promise.resolve(newBetaVersion)
     )
     done()
   })
 
   it('beta upgrades to same minor newer beta', done => {
+    const newerBetaVersionInfo = { version: '1.18.0-beta.2', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.18.0-beta.1',
       (err, newVersion) => {
         if (err) {
           done(err)
         } else {
-          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal('1.18.0-beta.2')
+          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal(newerBetaVersionInfo.version)
           done()
         }
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.18.0-beta.2')
+      () => Promise.resolve(newerBetaVersionInfo)
     )
   })
 
   it('beta upgrades to same normal version', done => {
+    const sameNormalVersion = { version: '1.18.0', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.18.0-beta.2',
       (err, newVersion) => {
         if (err) {
           done(err)
         } else {
-          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal('1.18.0')
+          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal(sameNormalVersion.version)
           done()
         }
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.18.0')
+      () => Promise.resolve(sameNormalVersion)
     )
   })
 
   it('beta upgrades to newer normal version', done => {
+    const newerNormalVersion = { version: '1.19.0', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.18.0-beta.2',
       (err, newVersion) => {
         if (err) {
           done(err)
         } else {
-          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal('1.19.0')
+          chai.expect(newVersion).to.equal(newerNormalVersion.version)
           done()
         }
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.19.0')
+      () => Promise.resolve(newerNormalVersion)
     )
   })
 
   it('beta does not upgrade to newer minor beta', done => {
+    const nextMinorBetaVersion = { version: '1.18.0-beta.2', disttag: 'latest', minimumNodeVersio: '10'}
     checkForNewServerVersion(
       '1.17.0-beta.1',
       err => {
         done('callback should not be called')
       },
-      () => Promise.resolve('1.18.0-beta.2')
+      () => Promise.resolve(nextMinorBetaVersion)
     )
     done()
   })
diff --git a/src/modules.ts b/src/modules.ts
index 18cadd0f7..07b204215 100644
--- a/src/modules.ts
+++ b/src/modules.ts
@@ -268,10 +268,16 @@ function doFetchDistTags() {
   return fetch('http://registry.npmjs.org/-/package/signalk-server/dist-tags')
 }
 
-function getLatestServerVersion(
+export interface ServerVersionInfo {
+  version: string
+  disttag: string
+  minimumNodeVersion: string
+}
+
+function getLatestServerVersionInfo(
   currentVersion: string,
   distTags = doFetchDistTags
-): Promise<string> {
+): Promise<ServerVersionInfo> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     distTags()
       .then(npmjsResults => npmjsResults.json())
@@ -279,14 +285,29 @@ function getLatestServerVersion(
         const prereleaseData = semver.prerelease(currentVersion)
         if (prereleaseData) {
           if (semver.satisfies(npmjsParsed.latest, `>${currentVersion}`)) {
-            resolve(npmjsParsed.latest)
+            return [npmjsParsed.latest, 'latest']
           } else {
-            resolve(npmjsParsed[prereleaseData[0]])
+            return [npmjsParsed[prereleaseData[0]], 'beta']
           }
         } else {
-          resolve(npmjsParsed.latest)
+          return([npmjsParsed.latest, 'latest'])
         }
       })
+      .then(([version, disttag]) => {
+        return fetch('https://registry.npmjs.org/signalk-server', {
+          headers: {
+            Accept: 'application/vnd.npm.install-v1+json'
+          }
+        })
+          .then(res => res.json())
+          .then(moduleMetadata => {
+            resolve({
+              version,
+              disttag,
+              minimumNodeVersion: `${moduleMetadata.versions[version].engines}`
+            })
+          })
+      })
       .catch(reject)
   })
 }
@@ -299,10 +320,10 @@ function checkForNewServerVersion(
   ) => any,
   getLatestServerVersionP: (
     version: string
-  ) => Promise<string> = getLatestServerVersion
+  ) => Promise<ServerVersionInfo> = getLatestServerVersionInfo
 ) {
   getLatestServerVersionP(currentVersion)
-    .then((version: string) => {
+    .then(({version}) => {
       if (semver.satisfies(new SemVer(version), `>${currentVersion}`)) {
         serverUpgradeIsAvailable(undefined, version)
       }
@@ -331,7 +352,7 @@ module.exports = {
   removeModule,
   isTheServerModule,
   findModulesWithKeyword,
-  getLatestServerVersion,
+  getLatestServerVersionInfo,
   checkForNewServerVersion,
   getAuthor,
   restoreModules