diff --git a/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.markdown b/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.markdown
index 246e7f8a6..d28a28e03 100644
--- a/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.markdown
+++ b/getting-started/mix-otp/introduction-to-mix.markdown
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ defmodule KV.MixProject do
     [
       app: :kv,
       version: "0.1.0",
-      elixir: "~> 1.9",
-      start_permanent: Mix.env == :prod,
+      elixir: "~> 1.11",
+      start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       deps: deps()
     ]
   end