diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 3af6567c5..13609e739 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Building
 
 Kakoune dependencies are:
 
- * A C++11 compliant compiler (GCC >= 4.8.1 or clang >= 3.4)
+ * A C++14 compliant compiler (GCC >= 4.9 or clang >= 3.4)
  * boost (>= 1.50)
  * ncurses with wide-characters support (>= 5.3, generally refered as libncursesw)