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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ _There are currently no clients available._
 
 Compiling
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-To build this project you will need a C++11 compatible compiler ([GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/) is recommended), the [OpenDHT library](https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht), [msgpack-c](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c), and the [CMake build system](https://cmake.org/). To build run the following commands from the root directory of the project.
+To build this project you will need a C++11 compatible compiler ([GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org/) is recommended), the [OpenDHT library](https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht) (`>= v1.4.0`), [msgpack-c](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c), and the [CMake build system](https://cmake.org/). To build run the following commands from the root directory of the project.
 ```
 $ cd build/
 $ cmake ..