diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index c55edfb10..214d2b4a1 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 %% with rebar.config.erl module. Final result is written to
 %% rebar.config.rendered if environment DEBUG is set.
 
+{minimum_otp_vsn, "23"}.
 {edoc_opts, [{preprocess,true}]}.
 {erl_opts, [warn_unused_vars,warn_shadow_vars,warn_unused_import,
             warn_obsolete_guard,compressed,