diff --git a/packages/pwa-kit-create-app/scripts/create-mobify-app.js b/packages/pwa-kit-create-app/scripts/create-mobify-app.js
index ce29fb7d1e..fe3b83ca29 100755
--- a/packages/pwa-kit-create-app/scripts/create-mobify-app.js
+++ b/packages/pwa-kit-create-app/scripts/create-mobify-app.js
@@ -393,15 +393,15 @@ const extractTemplate = (templateName, outputDir) => {
     sh.rm('-rf', tmp)
 }
 
-const userNode = process.versions.node
-const requiredNode = new semver.Range(generatorPkg.engines.node)
-const isUsingCompatibleNode = semver.satisfies(userNode, requiredNode)
+const foundNode = process.versions.node
+const requiredNode = generatorPkg.engines.node
+const isUsingCompatibleNode = semver.satisfies(foundNode, new semver.Range(requiredNode))
 
 const main = (opts) => {
     if (!isUsingCompatibleNode) {
         console.log('')
         console.warn(
-            `Warning: You are using Node ${userNode}. ` +
+            `Warning: You are using Node ${foundNode}. ` +
                 `Your app may not work as expected when deployed to Managed ` +
                 `Runtime servers which are compatible with Node ${requiredNode}`
         )
diff --git a/packages/pwa-kit-react-sdk/src/ssr/server/express.js b/packages/pwa-kit-react-sdk/src/ssr/server/express.js
index 300fabf95a..10471483ce 100644
--- a/packages/pwa-kit-react-sdk/src/ssr/server/express.js
+++ b/packages/pwa-kit-react-sdk/src/ssr/server/express.js
@@ -340,17 +340,18 @@ export const createApp = (options) => {
 const validateConfiguration = (options) => {
     // Check that we are running under a compatible version of node
     /* istanbul ignore next */
-    const requiredNode = new semver.Range(pkg.engines.node)
+    const requiredNode = pkg.engines.node
+    const foundNode = process.versions.node
     /* istanbul ignore next */
     if (
         !semver.satisfies(
-            process.versions.node, // A string like '8.10.0'
-            requiredNode
+            foundNode, // A string like '8.10.0'
+            new semver.Range(requiredNode)
         )
     ) {
         /* istanbul ignore next */
         console.warn(
-            `Warning: You are using Node ${process.versions.node}. ` +
+            `Warning: You are using Node ${foundNode}. ` +
                 `Your app may not work as expected when deployed to Managed ` +
                 `Runtime servers which are compatible with Node ${requiredNode}`
         )
diff --git a/scripts/check-version.js b/scripts/check-version.js
index 6921b6dec6..4c261b6a0f 100755
--- a/scripts/check-version.js
+++ b/scripts/check-version.js
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(path.join('node_modules', 'semver'))) {
 }
 
 const semver = require('semver')
-const requiredNode = new semver.Range(pkg.engines.node)
+const requiredNode = pkg.engines.node
 const foundNode = process.version
-const requiredNpm = new semver.Range(pkg.engines.npm)
+const requiredNpm = pkg.engines.npm
 const foundNpm = spawnSync(npm, ['-v']).stdout.toString().trim()
 
 const warnings = []
 
-if (!semver.satisfies(foundNode, requiredNode)) {
+if (!semver.satisfies(foundNode, new semver.Range(requiredNode))) {
     warnings.push(`- Node: ${foundNode} is installed, but we require ${requiredNode}`)
 }
 
-if (!semver.satisfies(foundNpm, requiredNpm)) {
+if (!semver.satisfies(foundNpm, new semver.Range(requiredNpm))) {
     warnings.push(`- NPM: ${foundNpm} is installed, but we require ${requiredNpm}`)
 }