diff --git a/README b/README
index 5194faae5e..9b019396c8 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         with audit being enabled. This works correctly only on kernels 3.14 and
         newer though. TL;DR: turn audit off, still.
 
-        glibc >= 2.16
+        glibc >= 2.31
         libcap
         libmount >= 2.30 (from util-linux)
                 (util-linux *must* be built without --enable-libmount-support-mtab)