diff --git a/src/reference/00.md b/src/reference/00.md
index f23248544..80acfa9a5 100644
--- a/src/reference/00.md
+++ b/src/reference/00.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sbt Reference Manual
 ====================
 
 sbt is a build tool for Scala, Java, and
-[more](https://github.com/d40cht/sbt-cpp). It requires Java 1.6 or
+[more](https://github.com/d40cht/sbt-cpp). It requires Java 1.8 or
 later.
 
 ### Install