diff --git a/README b/README
index 5222637c2c..f8f31fbab2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         with audit being enabled. This works correctly only on kernels
         3.14 and newer though. TL;DR: turn audit off, still.
 
-        glibc >= 2.14
+        glibc >= 2.16
         libcap
         libmount >= 2.20 (from util-linux)
         libseccomp >= 1.0.0 (optional)