diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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+++ b/HACKING
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 If you want to hack on the Gtk+ project, it will make you life easier
 to have the following packages installed:
 
-	- GNU autoconf 2.12
-	- GNU automake 1.3
+	- GNU autoconf 2.13
+	- GNU automake 1.4
 	        (Beta releases are at ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/tromey)
 	- GNU libtool 1.2d
 	- indent (GNU indent 1.9.1 is known good)