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 # Building metafacture-core from source
 
-Building metafacture-core from source is easy. All you need is git and JDK 8:
+Building metafacture-core from source is easy. All you need is git and JDK 11:
 
 1. Clone the metafacture-core repository and change into the directory:
     ```bash