diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3faa2b5ac..e70f29636 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ macro(yuzu_find_packages)
         "lz4               1.8         lz4/1.9.2"
         "nlohmann_json     3.8         nlohmann_json/3.8.0"
         "ZLIB              1.2         zlib/1.2.11"
-        "zstd              1.4         zstd/1.4.8"
+        "zstd              1.5         zstd/1.5.0"
     # can't use opus until AVX check is fixed: https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/pull/4068
         #"opus              1.3         opus/1.3.1"
     )
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e62d4007..64d693aee 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 yuzu emulator early access
 =============
 
-This is the source code for early-access 1708.
+This is the source code for early-access 1709.
 
 ## Legal Notice