diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Enable Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) on your WordPress site.
 
 **Contributors:** [batmoo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/batmoo), [joen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joen), [automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic), [potatomaster](https://profiles.wordpress.org/potatomaster), [albertomedina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albertomedina), [google](https://profiles.wordpress.org/google), [xwp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xwp), [westonruter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter)  
 **Tags:** [amp](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/amp), [mobile](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mobile)  
-**Requires at least:** 4.7  
 **Tested up to:** 4.9  
 **Stable tag:** 0.6.0  
 **License:** [GPLv2 or later](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)  
 **Requires PHP:** 5.3  
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Automattic/amp-wp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Automattic/amp-wp) [![Built with Grunt](https://cdn.gruntjs.com/builtwith.svg)](http://gruntjs.com) 
+**Requires at least:** 4.8
 
 ## Description ##
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 === AMP for WordPress ===
 Contributors: batmoo, joen, automattic, potatomaster, albertomedina, google, xwp, westonruter
 Tags: amp, mobile
-Requires at least: 4.7
+Requires at least: 4.8
 Tested up to: 4.9
 Stable tag: 0.6.0
 License: GPLv2 or later