diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bd20054..7181806e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13.4)
 
 if(NOT DEFINED BASE_LLVM_VERSION)
-  set(BASE_LLVM_VERSION 16.0.0)
+  set(BASE_LLVM_VERSION 16)
 endif(NOT DEFINED BASE_LLVM_VERSION)
 set(OPENCL_CLANG_VERSION ${BASE_LLVM_VERSION}.0)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
     add_definitions(-DUSE_PREBUILT_LLVM)
 
     if(NOT PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION)
-        set(PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION "16.0.0")
+        set(PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION "16")
     endif(NOT PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION)
     message(STATUS "[OPENCL-CLANG] Looking for LLVM version ${PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION}")
     find_package(LLVM ${PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df41a952..12196029 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ make all -j`nproc`
 
 ##### Preferred LLVM version
 
-By default, openclc-clang's cmake script is searching for LLVM 16.0.0. You can
+By default, opencl-clang's cmake script is searching for LLVM 16. You can
 override target version of LLVM by using the `PREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION` cmake
 option:
 
 Example:
 ```bash
-cmake -DPREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION="16.0.0" ../opencl-clang
+cmake -DPREFERRED_LLVM_VERSION="16" ../opencl-clang
 ```
 
 ##### Custom LLVM installation