diff --git a/io/serialport/README.md b/io/serialport/README.md
index 4a321554..5112ea42 100644
--- a/io/serialport/README.md
+++ b/io/serialport/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 node-red-node-serialport
 ========================
 
-<a href="http://nodered.org" target="_new">Node-RED</a> nodes to talk to an hardware Serial port.
+<a href="http://nodered.org" target="_new">Node-RED</a> nodes to talk to a
+hardware Serial port.
 
-**Note** : This is the same node as was in the core of Node-RED.
-As of v0.10.8 it will be installed from here instead.
+**Note** : The version 0.1.x of this package requires underlying serialport
+v2.0.x
+
+Earlier versions of node.js, as found on default Debian install on a Raspberry Pi, require an
+updated version of npm. See below. Or you can install the older version of
+this node - node-red-node-serialport@0.0.5
 
 Install
 -------
@@ -12,7 +17,17 @@ Install
 Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install, usually
 this is ~/.node-red .
 
-        sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red-node-serialport
+        npm install node-red-node-serialport
+
+For versions on node.js prior to 4.x (ie v0.10.x and v0.12.x) please install using
+
+        sudo npm i -g npm@2.x
+        npm install node-red-node-serialport
+
+You may also have to install or upgrade GCC to be version 4.8 or better.
+Alternatively you can simply install the older version of this node.
+
+        npm install node-red-node-serialport@0.0.5
 
 During install there may be multiple messages about optional compilation.
 These may look like failures... as they report as failure to compile errors -
diff --git a/io/serialport/package.json b/io/serialport/package.json
index 0fc14439..8a0d6097 100644
--- a/io/serialport/package.json
+++ b/io/serialport/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-serialport",
-    "version"       : "0.0.5",
+    "version"       : "0.1.0",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes to talk to an serial port",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "serialport"   : "1.7.*"
+        "serialport"   : "2.0.*"
     },
-    "engineStrict" : true,
-    "engines" : { "node" : "<=0.12" },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",
         "url":"https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/tree/master/io/serialport"