diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83abf8b4..baff8f66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<skipTests>true</skipTests>
 
-		<altcoinj.version>7dc8c6f</altcoinj.version>
 		<altcoinj.version>7dc8c6f</altcoinj.version>
 		<bitcoinj.version>0.15.10</bitcoinj.version>
 		<bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
index 9e0ee549..f89c4221 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/settings/Settings.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class Settings {
 	public long recoveryModeTimeout = 9999999999999L;
 
 	/** Minimum peer version number required in order to sync with them */
-	private String minPeerVersion = "4.6.5";
+	private String minPeerVersion = "5.0.0";
 	/** Whether to allow connections with peers below minPeerVersion
 	 * If true, we won't sync with them but they can still sync with us, and will show in the peers list
 	 * If false, sync will be blocked both ways, and they will not appear in the peers list */