diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ea7b9b327..9f8a2a2829 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ reset_find_package(GCRYPT GCRYPT_ERROR_LIBRARY)
 find_package(GCRYPT "1.8.0" REQUIRED)
 # C Asynchronous resolver
 reset_find_package(CARES)
-find_package(CARES "1.5.0" REQUIRED)
+find_package(CARES "1.14.0" REQUIRED)
 find_package(LEX REQUIRED)
 find_package(Perl REQUIRED)
 find_package(PCRE2 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.adoc b/docbook/release-notes.adoc
index 785e52c464..5fcfd68928 100644
--- a/docbook/release-notes.adoc
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.adoc
@@ -53,18 +53,38 @@ wsbuglink:17779[]
   Code using the Lua GRegex module will have to be updated to use lrexlib-pcre2 instead.
   In most cases the API should be compatible and the conversion just requires a module name change.
 
+* The tap registration system has been updated and the list of arguments for tap_packet_cb has
+  changed. All taps registered through register_tap_listener have to be updated.
+
+* Speed when using maxminddb has been greatly improved
+
 * The PCRE2 library (https://www.pcre.org/) is now a required dependency to build Wireshark.
 
 * You must now have a compiler with C11 support in order to build Wireshark.
 
-* The tap registration system has been updated and the list of arguments for tap_packet_cb has
-  changed. All taps registered through register_tap_listener have to be updated.
+* The following libraries and tools have had their minimum required version increased:
+  - CMake 3.10 is required on macos/Linux
+  - Qt version 5.12 (has been 5.6.0), although compilation with 5.10 and 5.11 is still possible, but will trigger a warning during configuration
+  - Windows SDK 10.0.18362.0 is required due to issues with C11 support
+  - macOS version 10.10 (has been 10.8) is required, if the Qt version is to be build, at least 10.11 is required, depending on the Qt version used (see below)
+  - glib2 version 2.50.0 (has been 2.38.0) is required
+  - gcrypt version 1.8.0 (has been 1.5.0) is required
+  - c-ares version 1.14.0 (has been 1.5.0)
+  - Python version 3.6.0 (has been 3.4.0)
+  - gnutls version 3.5.8 (has been 3.3.0)
+  - nghttp2 minimum version has been set to 1.11.0 (none previous)
+
+* For building with Qt on macOS, the following versions are required depending on the Qt version to be used:
+  - Qt 5.10 or higher requires macOS version 10.11
+  - Qt 5.12 or higher requires macOS version 10.12
+  - Qt 5.14 or higher requires macOS version 10.13
+  - Qt 6.0 or higher requires macOS version 10.14
 
-* Speed when using maxminddb has been greatly improved on Windows
 
 Many other improvements have been made.
 See the “New and Updated Features” section below for more details.
 
+
 // === Bug Fixes
 
 // The following bugs have been fixed: