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@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ Requirements
 The following software and libraries are required to run qutebrowser:
 
 * http://www.python.org/[Python] 3.4
-* http://qt.io/[Qt] 5.2.0 or newer (5.4.2 recommended)
+* http://qt.io/[Qt] 5.2.0 or newer (5.5.0 recommended)
 * QtWebKit
 * http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro[PyQt] 5.2.0 or newer
-(5.4.2 recommended) for Python 3
+(5.5.0 recommended) for Python 3
 * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/[pkg_resources/setuptools]
 * http://fdik.org/pyPEG/[pyPEG2]
 * http://jinja.pocoo.org/[jinja2]