diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 4f80469d..91779c4b 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Building
 
 Kakoune dependencies are:
 
- * GCC >= 4.6
+ * GCC >= 4.7
  * boost
  * ncurses