diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index e425dff6c..804eef938 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ save you many hours of grief.
     * Asset metadata is now versioned.
 
     * The updated versions of HTML::Packer, JavaScript::Packer and CSS::Packer
-      added for 7.10.9 require perl 5.8.8 or higher to run.
+      added for 7.10.9 require perl 5.8.9 or higher to run.
 
 7.10.9
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
index 96bd89f7b..21c4d915d 100755
--- a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
+++ b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ printResult($webguiRoot);
 ###################################
 
 printTest("Perl Interpreter");
-if ($] >= 5.008008) {
+if ($] >= 5.008009) {
 	printResult("OK");
 } else {
-	failAndExit("Please upgrade to 5.8.8 or later! Cannot continue without Perl 5.8.8 or higher.");
+	failAndExit("Please upgrade to 5.8.9 or later! Cannot continue without Perl 5.8.9 or higher.");
 }
 
 ##Doing this as a global is not nice, but it works