diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9707b2e..6d6fdf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A [Waterline](https://github.com/waterlinejs) adapter for
 ## Compatibility
 - [Waterline](http://waterline.js.org) v0.10 and newer
 - [Trails](http://trailsjs.io) v1.0 and newer
-- Node 4 or newer
+- Node 12 or newer
 
 ## Install
 
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 6615428..528a463 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ const Util = {
       }
       if (_.isString(value)) {
         let stripped = value.replace(/\"/g, '')
-        if (moment(stripped, moment.ISO_8601, true).isValid()) {
+        // Check the length of the stripped string. If it's longer than 4 characters, then convert it to a date using moment.
+        // This is to prevent an incompatibility with newer versions of moment that treat all 4 digit strings as years, which
+        // is technically in the ISO_8601 spec, but is not consistent with the way this library uses moment to parse dates.
+        if (stripped.length > 4 && moment(stripped, moment.ISO_8601, true).isValid()) {
           return new Date(stripped).valueOf()
         }
       }