diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ for other operating systems. These packages are not guaranteed to be up-to-date.
 
 If your operating system does not have a binary release, but does run Go, you can build from source.
 
-Make sure that you have Go version 1.11 or greater and Go modules are enabled.
+Make sure that you have Go version 1.16 or greater and Go modules are enabled.
 
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/zyedidia/micro