diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 02afc245f2c..5fd3fa14ed7 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ order to build Wesnoth:
    * SDL2_mixer                >= 2.0.0 (with Ogg Vorbis support)
  * Fontconfig                  >= 2.4.1
  * Cairo                       >= 1.10.0
- * Pango                       >= 1.22.0 (with Cairo backend)
+ * Pango                       >= 1.44.0 (with Cairo backend)
  * Vorbisfile aka libvorbis
  * libbz2
  * libz