diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 952ebf75..18ee789b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ case $(basename $DC) in
 		# remove everthing after ):
 		VERSION=${VERSION%%):*}
 		# now version should be something like L.M.N
-		MINVERSION=1.11.0
+		MINVERSION=1.12.0
 		;;
 	dmd)
 		# DMD64 D Compiler v2.085.1\n...
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 42aa52b9..93b60f9c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ case $(basename $DC) in
 		# remove everthing after ):
 		VERSION=${VERSION%%):*}
 		# now version should be something like L.M.N
-		MINVERSION=1.11.0
+		MINVERSION=1.12.0
 		;;
 	dmd)
 		# DMD64 D Compiler v2.085.1\n...
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 69f2bd54..54cb2251 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 *   [SQLite 3](https://www.sqlite.org/) >= 3.7.15
 *   [Digital Mars D Compiler (DMD)](http://dlang.org/download.html)
 
-**Note:** DMD version >= 2.083.1 or LDC version >= 1.11.0 is required to compile this application
+**Note:** DMD version >= 2.083.1 or LDC version >= 1.12.0 is required to compile this application
 
 ### Dependencies: Ubuntu/Debian - x86_64
 ```text