2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88dbb91..cf8653f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RUNARGS =
 PREFIX ?= ${HOME}/.local
 BINDIR = ${PREFIX}/bin
 
-CFLAGS = -std=c17 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Os ${CFLAGS_${DEBUG}}
+CFLAGS = -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Os ${CFLAGS_${DEBUG}}
 LDFLAGS = -flto ${LDFLAGS_${DEBUG}}
 LDLIBS = -lncursesw
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15c4a0b..f2c5d04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ epoch at the time of their creation.
 
 ## dependencies
 
-* a c17-compatible c compiler
+* a c11-compatible c compiler
 * libncursesw (with unicode support)
 
 ## keyboard shortcuts