diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7fd2aeb8bf..764a24aa83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ Building From Source
 ====================
 
 Riot is a modular webapp built with modern ES6 and uses a Node.js build system.
-Ensure you have the latest LTS version of Node.js installed (v10.x as of this
-writing).
+Ensure you have the latest LTS version of Node.js installed.
 
 Using `yarn` instead of `npm` is recommended. Please see the Yarn [install
 guide](https://yarnpkg.com/docs/install/) if you do not have it already.
diff --git a/docs/translating-dev.md b/docs/translating-dev.md
index 498784b804..ae5735e8af 100644
--- a/docs/translating-dev.md
+++ b/docs/translating-dev.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - A working [Development Setup](../../#setting-up-a-dev-environment)
   - Including up-to-date versions of matrix-react-sdk and matrix-js-sdk
-- Node 8 or later
+- Latest LTS version of Node.js installed
 - Be able to understand English
 - Be able to understand the language you want to translate riot-web into