diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41bb68564..07bc3791b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Version NEXT
 
+* Admin
+- The minimum required Erlang/OTP version is now 19.1
+
 # Version 19.02
 
 * Admin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b410b2ac2..a65f3e8f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ To compile ejabberd you need:
  - GCC.
  - Libexpat ≥ 1.95.
  - Libyaml ≥ 0.1.4.
- - Erlang/OTP ≥ 19.0.
+ - Erlang/OTP ≥ 19.1.
  - OpenSSL ≥ 1.0.0.
  - Zlib ≥ 1.2.3, for Stream Compression support (XEP-0138). Optional.
  - PAM library. Optional. For Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).