diff --git a/lib/Server.js b/lib/Server.js
index 41beaae026..946af4e06e 100644
--- a/lib/Server.js
+++ b/lib/Server.js
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
 */
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const tls = require('tls');
 const url = require('url');
 const http = require('http');
 const https = require('https');
 const ip = require('ip');
-const semver = require('semver');
 const killable = require('killable');
 const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 const express = require('express');
@@ -35,15 +33,6 @@ const routes = require('./utils/routes');
 const getSocketServerImplementation = require('./utils/getSocketServerImplementation');
 const schema = require('./options.json');
 
-// Workaround for node ^8.6.0, ^9.0.0
-// DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE is default to prime256v1 in these version
-// breaking connection when certificate is not signed with prime256v1
-// change it to auto allows OpenSSL to select the curve automatically
-// See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/16196 for more information
-if (semver.satisfies(process.version, '8.6.0 - 9')) {
-  tls.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE = 'auto';
-}
-
 if (!process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER) {
   process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER = true;
 }
@@ -656,35 +645,14 @@ class Server {
 
   createServer() {
     if (this.options.https) {
-      // Only prevent HTTP/2 if http2 is explicitly set to false
-      const isHttp2 = this.options.http2 !== false;
-
-      // `spdy` is effectively unmaintained, and as a consequence of an
-      // implementation that extensively relies on Node’s non-public APIs, broken
-      // on Node 10 and above. In those cases, only https will be used for now.
-      // Once express supports Node's built-in HTTP/2 support, migrating over to
-      // that should be the best way to go.
-      // The relevant issues are:
-      // - https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/21665
-      // - https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/1449
-      // - https://github.com/expressjs/express/issues/3388
-      if (semver.gte(process.version, '10.0.0') || !isHttp2) {
-        if (this.options.http2) {
-          // the user explicitly requested http2 but is not getting it because
-          // of the node version.
-          this.log.warn(
-            'HTTP/2 is currently unsupported for Node 10.0.0 and above, but will be supported once Express supports it'
-          );
-        }
-        this.listeningApp = https.createServer(this.options.https, this.app);
-      } else {
-        // The relevant issues are:
-        // https://github.com/spdy-http2/node-spdy/issues/350
-        // https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues/1592
+      if (this.options.http2) {
+        // TODO: we need to replace spdy with http2 which is an internal module
         this.listeningApp = require('spdy').createServer(
           this.options.https,
           this.app
         );
+      } else {
+        this.listeningApp = https.createServer(this.options.https, this.app);
       }
     } else {
       this.listeningApp = http.createServer(this.app);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a7544ebd62..4d3ea625c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17070,11 +17070,6 @@
         "node-forge": "0.9.0"
       }
     },
-    "semver": {
-      "version": "7.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OrOb32TeeambH6UrhtShmF7CRDqhL6/5XpPNp2DuRH6+9QLw/orhp72j87v8Qa1ScDkvrrBNpZcDejAirJmfXQ=="
-    },
     "semver-compare": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver-compare/-/semver-compare-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 331f0006d9..cd1eee8fa9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "client"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 6.11.5"
+    "node": ">= 10.13.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint:prettier": "prettier \"{**/*,*}.{js,json,md,yml,css}\" --list-different",
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "portfinder": "^1.0.25",
     "schema-utils": "^2.6.6",
     "selfsigned": "^1.10.7",
-    "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "serve-index": "^1.9.1",
     "sockjs": "0.3.20",
     "sockjs-client": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/test/server/http2-option.test.js b/test/server/http2-option.test.js
index 4cf4cd9934..1f34d451f2 100644
--- a/test/server/http2-option.test.js
+++ b/test/server/http2-option.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
+const http2 = require('http2');
 const request = require('supertest');
-const semver = require('semver');
 const testServer = require('../helpers/test-server');
 const config = require('../fixtures/contentbase-config/webpack.config');
 const port = require('../ports-map')['http2-option'];
@@ -16,60 +16,47 @@ describe('http2 option', () => {
   let server;
   let req;
 
-  // HTTP/2 will only work with node versions below 10.0.0
-  // since spdy is broken past that point, and this test will only
-  // work above Node 8.8.0, since it is the first version where the
-  // built-in http2 module is exposed without need for a flag
-  // (https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.8.0/)
-  // if someone is testing below this Node version and breaks this,
-  // their tests will not catch it, but CI will catch it.
-  if (
-    semver.gte(process.version, '8.8.0') &&
-    semver.lt(process.version, '10.0.0')
-  ) {
-    const http2 = require('http2');
-    describe('http2 works with https', () => {
-      beforeAll((done) => {
-        server = testServer.start(
-          config,
-          {
-            contentBase: contentBasePublic,
-            https: true,
-            http2: true,
-            port,
-          },
-          done
-        );
-        req = request(server.app);
-      });
-
-      it('confirm http2 client can connect', (done) => {
-        const client = http2.connect(`https://localhost:${port}`, {
-          rejectUnauthorized: false,
-        });
-        client.on('error', (err) => console.error(err));
+  describe('http2 works with https', () => {
+    beforeAll((done) => {
+      server = testServer.start(
+        config,
+        {
+          contentBase: contentBasePublic,
+          https: true,
+          http2: true,
+          port,
+        },
+        done
+      );
+      req = request(server.app);
+    });
 
-        const http2Req = client.request({ ':path': '/' });
+    it('confirm http2 client can connect', (done) => {
+      const client = http2.connect(`https://localhost:${port}`, {
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      });
+      client.on('error', (err) => console.error(err));
 
-        http2Req.on('response', (headers) => {
-          expect(headers[':status']).toEqual(200);
-        });
+      const http2Req = client.request({ ':path': '/' });
 
-        http2Req.setEncoding('utf8');
-        let data = '';
-        http2Req.on('data', (chunk) => {
-          data += chunk;
-        });
-        http2Req.on('end', () => {
-          expect(data).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/Heyo/));
-          done();
-        });
-        http2Req.end();
+      http2Req.on('response', (headers) => {
+        expect(headers[':status']).toEqual(200);
       });
 
-      afterAll(testServer.close);
+      http2Req.setEncoding('utf8');
+      let data = '';
+      http2Req.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        data += chunk;
+      });
+      http2Req.on('end', () => {
+        expect(data).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/Heyo/));
+        done();
+      });
+      http2Req.end();
     });
-  }
+
+    afterAll(testServer.close);
+  });
 
   describe('server works with http2 option, but without https option', () => {
     beforeAll((done) => {