diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index e3fe4c8c..a6b9a606 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
 
 	<literallayout>
 	gnu make 3.79
-	automake 1.6
-	autoconf 2.54
+	automake 1.8.3
+	autoconf 2.58
 	gettext 0.11.5
 	</literallayout>