diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ec50cbd16..78263c3357 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2003-08-17  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
+	* HACKING
 	* autogen.sh (AUTOCONF_REQUIRED_VERSION): check for version 2.54.
 
 2003-08-17  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index d3c9ef9101..ba87f3d6bd 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Requirements
 If you want to hack on the GIMP project, it will make your life easier
 to have the following packages (or newer versions) installed:
 
-	- GNU autoconf 2.52
+	- GNU autoconf 2.54
 	- GNU automake 1.6
 	- GNU libtool 1.3.4