diff --git a/docs/devs/building/requirements.md b/docs/devs/building/requirements.md
index 0ab87b7..1d6126f 100644
--- a/docs/devs/building/requirements.md
+++ b/docs/devs/building/requirements.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Build requirements
 
 In general, for building i2pd you need several things:
 
-* compiler with c++17 support (for example: gcc >= 8, clang)
+* compiler with c++17 support (for example: gcc >= 7, clang)
 * boost >= 1.62
 * openssl library >= 1.1.0
 * zlib library (openssl already depends on it)