diff --git a/detox/.eslintrc b/detox/.eslintrc
index e4562bae3c..58f7e76605 100644
--- a/detox/.eslintrc
+++ b/detox/.eslintrc
@@ -1,404 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "env": {
-    "es6": true,
-    "node": true
-  },
+  "plugins": ["node"],
+  "extends": ["plugin:node/recommended"],
   "parserOptions": {
-    "ecmaVersion": 8,
-    "sourceType": "module",
-    "ecmaFeatures": {
-      "impliedStrict": true,
-      "jsx": true,
-      "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true
-    }
+    "ecmaVersion": 2018,
+    "sourceType": "module"
   },
-  "plugins": [
-    "react",
-    "react-native",
-    "promise",
-    "prettier",
-    "jest"
-  ],
-  "extends": [
-    "prettier",
-    "prettier/react"
-  ],
   "rules": {
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-     */
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-      "error",
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-    ],
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-    "no-negated-in-lhs": "error",
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-    "use-isnan": "error",
-    "valid-jsdoc": 0,
-    "valid-typeof": "error",
-    /*
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-     */
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-    "array-callback-return": 0,
-    "block-scoped-var": "error",
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-    "consistent-return": "error",
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-      "error",
-      "all"
-    ],
-    "default-case": "error",
-    "dot-location": [
-      "error",
-      "property"
-    ],
-    "dot-notation": "error",
-    "eqeqeq": "error",
-    "guard-for-in": "error",
-    "no-alert": "error",
-    "no-caller": "error",
-    "no-case-declarations": "error",
-    "no-div-regex": 0,
-    "no-else-return": 0,
-    "no-empty-function": "error",
-    "no-empty-pattern": "error",
-    "no-eq-null": "error",
-    "no-eval": "error",
-    "no-extend-native": "error",
-    "no-extra-bind": "error",
-    "no-extra-label": "error",
-    "no-fallthrough": "error",
-    "no-floating-decimal": "error",
-    "no-implicit-coercion": "error",
-    "no-implicit-globals": 0,
-    "no-implied-eval": "error",
-    "no-invalid-this": 0,
-    "no-iterator": "error",
-    "no-labels": "error",
-    "no-lone-blocks": "error",
-    "no-loop-func": "error",
-    "no-magic-numbers": 0,
-    "no-multi-spaces": "error",
-    "no-multi-str": 0,
-    "no-native-reassign": "error",
-    "no-new": "error",
-    "no-new-func": "error",
-    "no-new-wrappers": "error",
-    "no-octal": "error",
-    "no-octal-escape": "error",
-    "no-param-reassign": "error",
-    "no-proto": "error",
-    "no-redeclare": 0,
-    "no-return-assign": 0,
-    "no-script-url": "error",
-    "no-self-assign": "error",
-    "no-self-compare": "error",
-    "no-sequences": "error",
-    "no-throw-literal": "error",
-    "no-unmodified-loop-condition": 0,
-    "no-unused-expressions": "error",
-    "no-unused-labels": 0,
-    "no-useless-call": "error",
-    "no-useless-concat": "error",
-    "no-void": "error",
-    "no-warning-comments": 0,
-    "no-with": "error",
-    "radix": 0,
-    "vars-on-top": 0,
-    "wrap-iife": "error",
-    "yoda": 0,
-    "strict": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    /*
-     *                           variables
-     */
-    "init-declarations": 0,
-    "no-catch-shadow": "error",
-    "no-delete-var": "error",
-    "no-label-var": "error",
-    "no-restricted-globals": "error",
-    "no-shadow": "error",
-    "no-shadow-restricted-names": "error",
-    "no-undef": 0,
-    "no-undef-init": "error",
-    "no-undefined": 0,
-    "no-unused-vars": 0,
-    "no-use-before-define": 0,
-    /*
-     *                          Node.js
-     */
-    "callback-return": 0,
-    "global-require": 0,
-    "handle-callback-err": 0,
-    "no-mixed-requires": "error",
-    "no-new-require": "error",
-    "no-path-concat": "error",
-    "no-process-env": 0,
-    "no-process-exit": "error",
-    "no-restricted-modules": 0,
-    "no-sync": 0,
-    /*
-     *                          style
-     */
-    "array-bracket-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    "block-spacing": "error",
-    "brace-style": [
-      "error",
-      "1tbs"
-    ],
-    "camelcase": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "properties": "never"
-      }
-    ],
-    "comma-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "before": false,
-        "after": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "comma-style": [
-      "error",
-      "last"
-    ],
-    "computed-property-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    "consistent-this": [
-      "error",
-      "self"
-    ],
-    "eol-last": [
-      "error",
-      "unix"
-    ],
-    "func-names": 0,
-    "func-style": 0,
-    "id-blacklist": 0,
-    "id-length": 0,
-    "id-match": 0,
-    "jsx-quotes": "error",
-    "key-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "singleLine": {
-          "beforeColon": false,
-          "afterColon": true,
-          "mode": "strict"
-        },
-        "multiLine": {
-          "beforeColon": false,
-          "afterColon": true,
-          "mode": "strict"
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "keyword-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "before": true,
-        "after": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "linebreak-style": [
-      "error",
-      "unix"
-    ],
-    "lines-around-comment": 0,
-    "max-depth": [
-      "error",
-      4
-    ],
-    "max-len": [
-      "warn",
-      150
-    ],
-    "max-nested-callbacks": [
-      "error",
-      4
-    ],
-    "max-params": [
-      "error",
-      6
-    ],
-    "max-statements": [
-      "warn",
-      15,
-      {
-        "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "new-parens": "error",
-    "newline-after-var": 0,
-    "newline-before-return": 0,
-    "newline-per-chained-call": 0,
-    "no-array-constructor": "error",
-    "no-bitwise": 0,
-    "no-continue": 0,
-    "no-inline-comments": 0,
-    "no-lonely-if": "error",
-    "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": 0,
-    "no-multiple-empty-lines": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "max": 1
-      }
-    ],
-    "no-negated-condition": 0,
-    "no-nested-ternary": "error",
-    "no-new-object": "error",
-    "no-plusplus": 0,
-    "no-restricted-syntax": 0,
-    "no-spaced-func": "error",
-    "no-ternary": 0,
-    "no-trailing-spaces": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "skipBlankLines": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "no-underscore-dangle": 0,
-    "no-unneeded-ternary": "error",
-    "no-whitespace-before-property": "error",
-    "one-var": 0,
-    "one-var-declaration-per-line": 0,
-    "operator-assignment": 0,
-    "padded-blocks": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    "quote-props": [
-      "warn",
-      "consistent-as-needed"
-    ],
-    "quotes": 0,
-    "require-jsdoc": 0,
-    "semi": [
-      "error",
-      "always"
-    ],
-    "semi-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "before": false,
-        "after": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "sort-imports": 0,
-    "sort-vars": 0,
-    "space-before-blocks": [
-      "warn",
-      "always"
-    ],
-    "space-before-function-paren": ["error", {
-      "anonymous": "never",
-      "named": "never",
-      "asyncArrow": "always"
-    }],
-    "space-in-parens": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    "space-infix-ops": "error",
-    "space-unary-ops": "error",
-    "spaced-comment": 0,
-    "wrap-regex": "error",
-    /*
-     *                             ECMAScript 6
-     */
-    "arrow-body-style": 0,
-    "arrow-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      {
-        "before": true,
-        "after": true
-      }
-    ],
-    "constructor-super": "error",
-    "generator-star-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      "after"
-    ],
-    "no-class-assign": "error",
-    "no-confusing-arrow": "error",
-    "no-const-assign": "error",
-    "no-dupe-class-members": "error",
-    "no-new-symbol": "error",
-    "no-restricted-imports": 0,
-    "no-this-before-super": "error",
-    "no-useless-constructor": 0,
-    "no-var": "error",
-    "object-shorthand": 0,
-    "prefer-arrow-callback": 0,
-    "prefer-const": "error",
-    "prefer-reflect": 0,
-    "prefer-rest-params": "error",
-    "prefer-spread": "error",
-    "prefer-template": 0,
-    "require-yield": 0,
-    "template-curly-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      "never"
-    ],
-    "yield-star-spacing": [
-      "error",
-      "after"
-    ],
-    /*
-     *                              babel plugin
-     */
-    "babel/object-shorthand": 0,
-    "babel/no-await-in-loop": 0,
-    /*
-     *                              prettier plugin
-     */
-    "prettier/prettier": [
-      "error", {
-        "useTabs": true
-      }
-    ],
-    /*
-     *                              promise
-     */
-    "promise/always-return": "off",
-    "promise/no-return-wrap": "error",
-    "promise/param-names": "error",
-    "promise/catch-or-return": "off",
-    "promise/no-native": "off",
-    "promise/no-nesting": "error",
-    "promise/no-promise-in-callback": "error",
-    "promise/no-callback-in-promise": "off",
-    "promise/avoid-new": "off"
+    "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": "error",
+    "node/no-unpublished-require": "warn"
   }
 }
diff --git a/detox/.nvmrc b/detox/.nvmrc
index 9c51f30944..45a4fb75db 100644
--- a/detox/.nvmrc
+++ b/detox/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.10.0
\ No newline at end of file
+8
diff --git a/detox/package.json b/detox/package.json
index a89a197e80..593a377f3b 100644
--- a/detox/package.json
+++ b/detox/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "build": "scripts/build.sh",
     "lint": "eslint src",
     "unit": "jest --coverage --verbose",
+    "pretest": "npm run lint",
     "test": "npm run unit",
     "unit:watch": "jest --watch",
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
@@ -31,14 +32,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^4.11.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "2.5.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^20.0.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "2.2.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.4.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-react-native": "^3.1.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-node": "^6.0.1",
     "jest": "22.x.x",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mockdate": "^2.0.1",
     "prettier": "1.7.0"
   },
@@ -50,6 +45,7 @@
     "get-port": "^2.1.0",
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
     "lodash": "^4.14.1",
+    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "npmlog": "^4.0.2",
     "shell-utils": "^1.0.9",
     "tail": "^1.2.3",
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@
     "ws": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=7.6"
+    "node": ">=8.3.0"
   },
   "jest": {
     "roots": [
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/Device.js b/detox/src/devices/Device.js
index 76c99b16de..84528a3aec 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/Device.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/Device.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Device {
     const _bundleId = bundleId || this._bundleId;
     if (this._isAppInBackground(params, _bundleId)) {
       if (hasPayload) {
-        await this.deviceDriver.deliverPayload({...params, delayPayload: true});        
+        await this.deviceDriver.deliverPayload({...params, delayPayload: true});
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/Guide.Contributing.md b/docs/Guide.Contributing.md
index 80db052f6a..4c02696b9c 100644
--- a/docs/Guide.Contributing.md
+++ b/docs/Guide.Contributing.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: Contributing
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-### Install `node` v7.6 or higher (to support async-await natively)
+### Install `node` v8.3.0 or higher
 
 ```
 brew install node
diff --git a/docs/Introduction.GettingStarted.md b/docs/Introduction.GettingStarted.md
index 0c48adaf99..a5c631c06f 100644
--- a/docs/Introduction.GettingStarted.md
+++ b/docs/Introduction.GettingStarted.md
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, we'll need it to install other command
 
 #### 2. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
 
-Node is the JavaScript runtime Detox will run on. **Install Node 7.6.0 or above for native async-await support**
+Node is the JavaScript runtime Detox will run on. **Install Node 8.3.0 or above**
 
  ```sh
  brew update && brew install node
  ```
 
-> TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal `node -v` to output current node version, should be higher than 7.6.0
+> TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal `node -v` to output current node version, should be 8.3.0 or higher
 
 #### 3. Install [appleSimUtils](https://github.com/wix/AppleSimulatorUtils)
 
diff --git a/docs/Troubleshooting.RunningTests.md b/docs/Troubleshooting.RunningTests.md
index 707db30ae7..51e7dfd379 100644
--- a/docs/Troubleshooting.RunningTests.md
+++ b/docs/Troubleshooting.RunningTests.md
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ child_process.js:531
     throw err;
 ```
 
-**Solution:** This error means that your version of Node does not support `async-await` syntax. You should do one of the two:
+**Solution:** This error means that your version of Node does not support `async-await` syntax. You should do the following:
 
-1. Update Node to a version **higher than 7.6.0**, these versions will provide native support for async-await.
+1. Update Node to a version **8.3.0 or higher**.
 
 <br>
 
diff --git a/examples/demo-native-ios/README.md b/examples/demo-native-ios/README.md
index 8084188a51..0b434d4141 100644
--- a/examples/demo-native-ios/README.md
+++ b/examples/demo-native-ios/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 * make sure you have Xcode installed (tested with v8.1-8.2)
 * iPhone 7 Plus simulator is installed
-* make sure you have node installed (`brew install node`, node 7.6.0 and up is prefered, for native async-await support)
+* make sure you have node installed (`brew install node`, node 8.3.0 and up is prefered, for native async-await support)
 
 ### Step 1: Npm install
 * Make sure you're in folder `examples/demo-native-ios`
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
  ```sh
  detox test --configuration ios.sim.release
  ```
- This action will open a new simulator and run the tests on it.
\ No newline at end of file
+ This action will open a new simulator and run the tests on it.
diff --git a/examples/demo-react-native/README.md b/examples/demo-react-native/README.md
index 77e2767407..1c0b47188e 100644
--- a/examples/demo-react-native/README.md
+++ b/examples/demo-react-native/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## Requirements
 
 * Make sure you have Xcode installed (tested with Xcode 8.1-8.2).
-* make sure you have node installed (`brew install node`, node 7.6.0 and up is required for native async-await support, otherwise you'll have to babel the tests).
+* make sure you have node installed (`brew install node`, node 8.3.0 and up is required for native async-await support, otherwise you'll have to babel the tests).
 * Make sure you have react-native dependencies installed:
    * react-native-cli is installed (`npm install -g react-native-cli`)
    * watchman is installed (`brew install watchman`)