diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2096b2e1804b4f51ddf932d33bec5669b099e88..32a8bd723d6817fdfa828e5c218f5c68c3f38b38 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dd4hep_configure_output( OUTPUT "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}" INSTALL "${CMAKE_INSTALL
 #
 # Include ROOT
 #
-find_package ( ROOT REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom GenVector Eve Gui Graf3d RGL EG)
+find_package ( ROOT 6.08 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom GenVector Eve Gui Graf3d RGL EG)
 include(${ROOT_USE_FILE})
 message ( STATUS "ROOT_VERSION: ${ROOT_VERSION}" )
 #
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d4206c904ff75ab94fb95c99223620489590a3c..6d1785220a4857fd4eed72fcf61c9d21305deaf0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ system before building and running the examples
 
 - **Mandatory**
 
-  CMake (version 2.8 or higher), ROOT (version 5.30 or higher) and Boost installations are mandatory.
+  CMake (version 3.3 or higher), ROOT (version 6.08 or higher) and Boost (version 1.49 or higher) installations are mandatory.
 
 - **Optional**