diff --git a/COMPILE.md b/COMPILE.md
index 13ad1e3..cfa4986 100644
--- a/COMPILE.md
+++ b/COMPILE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #HOWTO compile MTSatellite
 
-To build MTSatellite a [Go](http://golang.org) compiler 1.3 or better is needed.
+To build MTSatellite a [Go](http://golang.org) compiler 1.4 or better is needed.
 
 Currently this is only tested on Debian Wheezy, Debian Jessie,
 Ubuntu Trusty Thar and Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn. Other flavors
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ A quick and dirty way to produce the binaries of `mtdbconverter`,
 
     # Assuming you have a 64bit GNU/Linux system. For other systems take
     # the corresponding version from https://golang.org/dl/
-    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.5.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
-    $ sha1sum go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-    5020af94b52b65cc9b6f11d50a67e4bae07b0aff go1.4.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ sha1sum go1.5.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    cae87ed095e8d94a81871281d35da7829bd1234e go1.5.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
-    $ tar xf go1.3.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ tar xf go1.5.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
     $ mkdir -p gopath/{pkg,bin,src}