diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f4420fafd1..b46e247900d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Qt Creator is a cross-platform IDE for development with the Qt framework.
 The standalone binary packages support the following platforms:
 
 * Windows 7 or later
-* (K)Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (64-bit) or later
+* (K)Ubuntu Linux 16.04 (64-bit) or later
 * macOS 10.8 or later
 
 ## Compiling Qt Creator
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Prerequisites:
 * Qt WebEngine module for QtWebEngine based help viewer
 * On Windows:
     * ActiveState Active Perl
-    * MinGW with g++ 4.8 or Visual Studio 2015 or later
+    * MinGW with g++ 4.9 or Visual Studio 2015 or later
     * jom
 * On Mac OS X: latest Xcode
-* On Linux: g++ 4.8 or later
+* On Linux: g++ 4.9 or later
 * LLVM/Clang 3.9.0 or later (optional, needed for the Clang Code Model, see the
   section "Get LLVM/Clang for the Clang Code Model")
     * CMake (only for manual builds of LLVM/Clang)
diff --git a/doc/src/overview/creator-supported-platforms.qdoc b/doc/src/overview/creator-supported-platforms.qdoc
index 02819f458c7..97ec3e696df 100644
--- a/doc/src/overview/creator-supported-platforms.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/overview/creator-supported-platforms.qdoc
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         \l{http://pubs.vmware.com/workstation-10/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.ws.using.doc%2FGUID-EA588485-718A-4FD8-81F5-B6E1F04C5788.html}
         {Prepare the Host System to Use DirectX 9 Accelerated Graphics}.
 
-        \li (K)Ubuntu Linux 14.04 (64-bit) or later
+        \li (K)Ubuntu Linux 16.04 (64-bit) or later
 
         To build Qt applications using \QC on Linux, you usually need the
         following: