diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9aae0f5..168b615 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ information on the API of the signaling server.
 The following tools are required for building the signaling server.
 
 - git
-- go >= 1.13
+- go >= 1.17
 - make
 
 All other dependencies are fetched automatically while building.