diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 584386136..4426e3f70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Remove `Reply-To` header from report emails for admins.
 
 ### Changed
+- **Breaking:** Elixir >=1.8 is now required (was >= 1.7)
 - **Breaking:** Configuration: A setting to explicitly disable the mailer was added, defaulting to true, if you are using a mailer add `config :pleroma, Pleroma.Emails.Mailer, enabled: true` to your config
 - **Breaking:** Configuration: `/media/` is now removed when `base_url` is configured, append `/media/` to your `base_url` config to keep the old behaviour if desired
 - **Breaking:** `/api/pleroma/notifications/read` is moved to `/api/v1/pleroma/notifications/read` and now supports `max_id` and responds with Mastodon API entities.
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 84e80129b..33a27470b 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
     [
       app: :pleroma,
       version: version("1.0.0"),
-      elixir: "~> 1.7",
+      elixir: "~> 1.8",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       compilers: [:phoenix, :gettext] ++ Mix.compilers(),
       elixirc_options: [warnings_as_errors: true],