diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 315b759..6895ccf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-- "0.10"
-- "0.12"
-- "4"
 - "5"
 - "6"
+- "7"
+- "8"
+- "9"
 sudo: false
 after_success:
 - "npm run coverage"
diff --git a/lib/fs-helpers.js b/lib/fs-helpers.js
index 1a8fb90..abd9547 100644
--- a/lib/fs-helpers.js
+++ b/lib/fs-helpers.js
@@ -42,18 +42,14 @@ var helpers = {
      *
      * @param {String} path
      */
-    exists: typeof fs.access === 'function' ?
-        function (path) {
-            try {
-                fs.accessSync(path);
-                return true;
-            } catch (err) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } :
-        function (path) {
-            return fs.existsSync(path);
-        },
+    exists: function (path) {
+        try {
+            fs.accessSync(path);
+            return true;
+        } catch (err) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    },
 
     /**
      * @param {String} path
diff --git a/lib/git-hooks.js b/lib/git-hooks.js
index 37c55f1..1f98e63 100644
--- a/lib/git-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/git-hooks.js
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ module.exports = {
         fsHelpers.makeDir(hooksPath);
         HOOKS.forEach(function (hookName) {
             var hookPath = path.resolve(hooksPath, hookName);
-            try {
-                fs.writeFileSync(hookPath, hook, {mode: '0777'});
-            } catch (e) {
-                // node 0.8 fallback
-                fs.writeFileSync(hookPath, hook, 'utf8');
-                fs.chmodSync(hookPath, '0777');
-            }
+            fs.writeFileSync(hookPath, hook, {mode: '0777'});
         });
     },
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf1ec90..8d833ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "prepare-commit-msg"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=0.8.x"
+    "node": ">=5"
   },
   "engine-strict": true,
   "scripts": {
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
     "lib"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "chai": "2.3.0",
-    "istanbul": "0.3.17",
-    "jscs": "1.13.1",
-    "jshint": "2.8.0",
-    "mocha": "2.2.5"
+    "chai": "4.1.2",
+    "istanbul": "0.4.5",
+    "jscs": "2.11.0",
+    "jshint": "2.9.5",
+    "mocha": "5.1.1"
   },
   "license": "MIT"
 }
diff --git a/tests/uninstall.test.js b/tests/uninstall.test.js
index 56fa421..5856ba7 100644
--- a/tests/uninstall.test.js
+++ b/tests/uninstall.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require('chai').should();
-var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+var execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 var gitHooks = require('../lib/git-hooks');
 var fsHelpers = require('../lib/fs-helpers');
 
@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@ var GIT_HOOKS = GIT_ROOT + 'hooks';
 var GIT_HOOKS_OLD = GIT_ROOT + 'hooks.old';
 
 describe('--uninstall', function () {
-    beforeEach(function (done) {
+    beforeEach(function () {
         fsHelpers.makeDir(SANDBOX_PATH);
-        exec('git init', {cwd: SANDBOX_PATH}, function (err) {
-            if (err) {
-                throw err;
-            }
-            done();
-        });
+        execSync('git init', {cwd: SANDBOX_PATH});
     });
 
     afterEach(function () {