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 ## Requirements
 
-The library can be used with C++03. However, it requires C++11 to build,
+The library can be used with C++03. However, it requires C++14 to build,
 including compiler and standard library support.
 
 _See [dependencies.md](docs/dependencies.md) for more details regarding supported