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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Building with cmake requires:
 - cmake >= 3.22.5
 - ninja >= 1.10.2 (optional, but recommended)
 
-Python >= 3.6 is also required with the following modules:
+Python >= 3.8 is also required with the following modules:
 
 - pyelftools (package `python3-pyelftools`)
 - polib (package `python3-polib`)