diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c0cc30..bb9d6cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Installation
 NoLiTSA can be installed using pip by running
 
     $ git clone https://github.com/manu-mannattil/nolitsa.git
-    $ pip install nolitsa
+    $ pip install ./nolitsa
 
 or, with newer versions of pip:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aea942b..25396cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     author_email='manu.mannattil@gmail.com',
     license='BSD',
     packages=['nolitsa'],
-    install_requires=['numpy>=1.8.1', 'scipy>=0.13.3'],
+    install_requires=['numpy>=1.11.0', 'scipy>=0.17.0'],
     test_suite='nose.collector',
     tests_require=['nose>=1.3.1'],
     include_package_data=True,