diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
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--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Building
 
 Kakoune dependencies are:
 
- * A {cpp}14 compliant compiler (GCC >= 5 or clang >= 3.9) along with its
+ * A {cpp}17 compliant compiler (GCC >= 7 or clang >= 5) along with its
    associated {cpp} standard library (libstdc{pp} or libc{pp})
  * ncurses with wide-characters support (>= 5.3, generally referred to as libncursesw)