diff --git a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/.gitignore b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/.gitignore
index 77738287..2b949593 100644
--- a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-dist/
\ No newline at end of file
+dist/
+
+# Firebase cache
+.firebase/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/README.md b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/README.md
index 021f35a1..7eb9c9f8 100644
--- a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/README.md
+++ b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ If you're having issues, feel free to tag @jthegedus in the [issue you create on
 
 * The empty `placeholder.html` file is so Firebase Hosting does not error on an empty `public/` folder and still hosts at the Firebase project URL.
 * `firebase.json` outlines the catchall rewrite rule for our Cloud Function.
-* The [Firebase predeploy](https://firebase.google.com/docs/cli/#predeploy_and_postdeploy_hooks) hooks run most of the npm scripts when `npm run deploy` runs `firebase deploy`. The only scripts you should need are `clean`, `dev`, `serve` and `deploy`.
+* Specifying [`"engines": {"node": "8"}`](package.json#L5-L7) in the `package.json` is required for firebase functions
+  to be deployed on Node 8 rather than Node 6
+  ([Firebase Blog Announcement](https://firebase.googleblog.com/2018/08/cloud-functions-for-firebase-config-node-8-timeout-memory-region.html))
+  . This is matched in [`src/functions/.babelrc`](src/functions/.babelrc) so that babel output somewhat compacter and moderner code.
 
 ### Customization
 
diff --git a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/package.json b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/package.json
index 26d0adac..09e00985 100644
--- a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/package.json
+++ b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/package.json
@@ -1,36 +1,35 @@
 {
   "name": "with-firebase-hosting",
   "version": "4.0.1",
-  "description":
-    "Host Next.js SSR app on Firebase Cloud Functions with Firebase Hosting redirects.",
+  "description": "Host Next.js SSR app on Firebase Cloud Functions with Firebase Hosting redirects.",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "8"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next \"src/app/\"",
-    "preserve":
-      "npm run build-public && npm run build-funcs && npm run build-app && npm run copy-deps && npm run install-deps",
-    "serve": "NODE_ENV=production firebase serve",
-    "predeploy":
-      "npm run build-public && npm run build-funcs && npm run build-app && npm run copy-deps",
+    "preserve": "npm run build-public && npm run build-funcs && npm run build-app && npm run copy-deps && npm run install-deps",
+    "serve": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production firebase serve",
+    "predeploy": "npm run build-public && npm run build-funcs && npm run build-app && npm run copy-deps",
     "deploy": "firebase deploy",
     "clean": "rimraf \"dist/functions/**\" && rimraf \"dist/public\"",
     "build-public": "cpx \"src/public/**/*.*\" \"dist/public\" -C",
     "build-funcs": "babel \"src/functions\" --out-dir \"dist/functions\"",
     "build-app": "next build \"src/app/\"",
-    "copy-deps":
-      "cpx \"*{package.json,package-lock.json,yarn.lock}\" \"dist/functions\" -C",
+    "copy-deps": "cpx \"*{package.json,package-lock.json,yarn.lock}\" \"dist/functions\" -C",
     "install-deps": "cd \"dist/functions\" && npm i"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "firebase-admin": "^5.12.1",
-    "firebase-functions": "^1.0.2",
-    "next": "^6.0.3",
-    "react": "^16.3.2",
-    "react-dom": "^16.3.2"
+    "firebase-admin": "^6.3.0",
+    "firebase-functions": "^2.1.0",
+    "next": "^7.0.0",
+    "react": "^16.6.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/cli": "^7.0.0-rc.1",
-    "cpx": "1.5.0",
-    "firebase-tools": "3.18.4",
-    "prettier": "1.12.1",
-    "rimraf": "2.6.2"
+    "@babel/cli": "^7.2.0",
+    "cpx": "^1.5.0",
+    "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
+    "firebase-tools": "^6.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/app/.babelrc b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/app/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c43a542..00000000
--- a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/app/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [["next/babel"]]
-}
diff --git a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/functions/.babelrc b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/functions/.babelrc
index 70705fe4..70027d4c 100644
--- a/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/functions/.babelrc
+++ b/examples/with-firebase-hosting/src/functions/.babelrc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "@babel/preset-env",
       {
         "targets": {
-          "node": "6.11.5"
+          "node": "8.14"
         }
       }
     ]