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 ### Build Requirements
-* A recent Go distribution (>1.8)
+* A recent Go distribution (>=1.11)
 * If you're not on Linux, you'll need a Docker installation
 * Minikube requires at least 4GB of RAM to compile, which can be problematic when using docker-machine