diff --git a/desktop_version/README.md b/desktop_version/README.md
index 3a3e9dab..cb5fde27 100644
--- a/desktop_version/README.md
+++ b/desktop_version/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ VVVVVV's official desktop versions are built with the following environments:
 - macOS: Xcode CLT, currently targeting 10.9 SDK
 - GNU/Linux: CentOS 7
 
-The engine depends solely on [SDL2](https://libsdl.org/) 2.0.14+ and
+The engine depends solely on [SDL2](https://libsdl.org/) 2.0.16+ and
 [SDL2_mixer](https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/). All other dependencies
 are statically linked into the engine. The development libraries for Windows can
 be downloaded from their respective websites, Linux developers can find the dev
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ To generate the projects on Windows:
 # Put your SDL2/SDL2_mixer folders somewhere nice!
 mkdir flibitBuild
 cd flibitBuild
-cmake -A Win32 -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" .. -DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS="C:\SDL2-2.0.14\include;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\include" -DSDL2_LIBRARIES="C:\SDL2-2.0.14\lib\x86\SDL2;C:\SDL2-2.0.14\lib\x86\SDL2main;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\lib\x86\SDL2_mixer"
+cmake -A Win32 -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" .. -DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS="C:\SDL2-2.0.16\include;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\include" -DSDL2_LIBRARIES="C:\SDL2-2.0.16\lib\x86\SDL2;C:\SDL2-2.0.16\lib\x86\SDL2main;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\lib\x86\SDL2_mixer"
 ```
 
 Note that on some systems, the `SDL2_LIBRARIES` list on Windows may need