diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f16f0f456..f7fd4074e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ver 0.22 (not yet released)
   - solaris: support S8 and S32
 * lower the real-time priority from 50 to 40
 * switch to C++17
-  - GCC 7 or clang 4 (or newer) recommended
+  - GCC 8 or clang 5 (or newer) recommended
 
 ver 0.21.26 (2020/09/21)
 * database