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 ## Building
 
 `runc` currently supports the Linux platform with various architecture support.
-It must be built with Go version 1.6 or higher in order for some features to function properly.
+It must be built with Go version 1.13 or higher.
 
 In order to enable seccomp support you will need to install `libseccomp` on your platform.
 > e.g. `libseccomp-devel` for CentOS, or `libseccomp-dev` for Ubuntu