diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b3b82d4f7..07b3a4170 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://github.com/r-lib/styler, https://styler.r-lib.org
 BugReports: https://github.com/r-lib/styler/issues
 Depends:
-    R (>= 3.4.0)
+    R (>= 3.5.0)
 Imports: 
     cli (>= 3.1.1),
     magrittr (>= 2.0.0),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 086c9eaba..bfade5a85 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ editor_options:
 -  `style_dir()` and `style_pkg()` now default to styling all supported file 
    formats (`.R`, `.Rmd`, `.Rmarkdown`, `.Rnw`, and `.qmd`) in the (package) 
    directory (\@IndrajeetPatil, #965).
-- `style_pkg()` now excludes the auto-generated `R/cpp11.R` file (#977).
+-  `style_pkg()` now excludes the auto-generated `R/cpp11.R` file (#977).
+-   Minimum needed R version is now bumped to `3.5` (\@IndrajeetPatil, #986).
 
 **Features**
 
@@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ Thanks to all contributors involved, in particular
 ## Adaption
 
 -   styler is now available through the pre-commit hook `style-files` in
-    <https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/pre-commit-hooks>.
+    <https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit>.
 
 Thanks to all contributors involved, in particular