diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9424c8111..c058d82a3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ language: erlang
 
 otp_release:
   - 17.4
-  - R16B03
 
 services:
   - riak
diff --git a/README b/README
index 31a76778b..884a29057 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ To compile ejabberd you need:
  - GCC.
  - Libexpat 1.95 or higher.
  - Libyaml 0.1.4 or higher.
- - Erlang/OTP R16B03 or higher.
+ - Erlang/OTP R17 or higher.
  - OpenSSL 0.9.8 or higher, for STARTTLS, SASL and SSL encryption.
  - Zlib 1.2.3 or higher, for Stream Compression support (XEP-0138). Optional.
  - PAM library. Optional. For Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a60de088..564bc03d5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 AC_INIT(ejabberd, m4_esyscmd([echo `git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || echo 0.0` | sed 's/-g.*//;s/-/./' | tr -d '\012']), [ejabberd@process-one.net], [ejabberd])
-REQUIRE_ERLANG_MIN="5.9.1 (Erlang/OTP R15B01)"
+REQUIRE_ERLANG_MIN="6.4 (Erlang/OTP R17)"
 REQUIRE_ERLANG_MAX="9.0.0 (No Max)"
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])