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@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Documentation is available on [the ScalaCache website](https://cb372.github.io/s
 
 ScalaCache is available for Scala 2.11.x, 2.12.x, and 2.13.x.
 
-The JVM must be Java 8 or newer.
+The JVM must be Java 11 or newer.
+For Java 8, use `1.0.0-M5` which is the last supported version.
+
 
 ## Compiling the documentation