diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f6450c2b..7bd7aaa3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ workflows:
   pr-checks:
     jobs:
       - check-coding-style
-      - node-v10
       - node-v12
+      - node-v12:
+          name: node-v12-min-dependencies
+          min_dependencies: true
       - node-v14
       - node-v16
       - node-v18
       - node-v20
       - node-current:
           run_coveralls: true
+      - node-current:
+          name: node-current-min-dependencies
+          min_dependencies: true
       - build-package
       - hardhat-sample-project: *requires_package
       - cli-smoke-test: *requires_package
@@ -168,10 +173,31 @@ jobs:
       run_coveralls:
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      min_dependencies:
+        description: "Install the oldest dependencies still matching ranges specified in package.json"
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
     steps:
       # We want the default npm here. Older one might not work with older node.js
       - show-npm-version
       - checkout
+      - when:
+          condition: <<parameters.min_dependencies>>
+          steps:
+            - run:
+                name: Install the semver utility
+                command: |
+                  # NOTE: Newer cimg/node images require sudo here, older don't. Try both.
+                  sudo npm install semver --global || npm install semver --global
+            - run:
+                name: Force oldest supported dependency versions in package.json
+                command: |
+                  min_package_json=$(.circleci/package-json-with-min-dependencies.sh)
+                  echo "$min_package_json" > package.json
+            - run:
+                name: "Show selected dependency versions"
+                command: |
+                  jq 'with_entries(select(.key == "dependencies" or .key == "devDependencies"))' package.json --indent 4
       - install-dependencies:
           cache-id: solc-js
       - run:
@@ -345,10 +371,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: cd solidity/ && curl "https://binaries.soliditylang.org/bin/soljson-nightly.js" --location --output soljson.js
       - run: cd solidity/ && test/externalTests/solc-js/solc-js.sh "$(realpath soljson.js)" "$(scripts/get_version.sh)" "$(realpath ../solc-js/)"
 
-  node-v10:
-    <<: *node-base
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/node:10.24
   node-v12:
     <<: *node-base
     docker:
diff --git a/.circleci/package-json-with-min-dependencies.sh b/.circleci/package-json-with-min-dependencies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7fd959dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/package-json-with-min-dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Creates a variant of package.json, hard-coded to use the oldest version of each dependency in
+# the supported range.
+#
+# package.json is taken from the current working directory. The script does not modify the file -
+# the new version is instead printed to the standard output.
+#
+# Dependencies: npm, jq, semver
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+function fail { >&2 echo "$@"; exit 1; }
+
+function find_min_supported_versions {
+    local packages_json min_versions packages supported_range available_versions min_version
+
+    # The function expects a JSON dict with package names and versions, extracted from package.json by the caller.
+    packages_json=$(cat -)
+
+    # Use @tsv filter to get tab-separated package names. We assume that neither packages, nor
+    # available versions contain spaces. Spaces in version range are fine though.
+    packages=$(echo "$packages_json" | jq --raw-output 'keys | @tsv')
+    min_versions=()
+    for package in $packages; do
+        available_versions=$(npm view "$package" versions --json | jq --raw-output @tsv)
+        supported_range=$(echo "$packages_json" | jq --raw-output ".\"${package}\"")
+
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+        # semver prints versions matching the range, one per line, in semver order, oldest first
+        min_version=$(semver $available_versions --range "$supported_range" | head --lines 1)
+        [[ $min_version != "" ]] || fail "No version matching ${supported_range} found for package ${package}."
+
+        # Debug info. It goes to stderr not to interfere with actual output.
+        >&2 echo "Package ${package}:"
+        >&2 echo "    minimum version:    ${min_version}"
+        >&2 echo "    supported range:    ${supported_range}"
+        >&2 echo "    available versions: ${available_versions}"
+        >&2 echo
+
+        min_versions+=("{\"${package}\": \"${min_version}\"}")
+    done
+
+    # Actual output: min_versions merged into a single dict.
+    echo "${min_versions[@]}" | jq --slurp add
+}
+
+dependencies=$(jq .dependencies package.json | find_min_supported_versions)
+dev_dependencies=$(jq .devDependencies package.json | find_min_supported_versions)
+
+# Print package.json with overwritten dependency versions
+cat <<EOF | jq --slurp '.[0] * .[1]' package.json -
+{
+    "dependencies":    ${dependencies},
+    "devDependencies": ${dev_dependencies}
+}
+EOF