diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/swiftsrc2cpg/README.md b/joern-cli/frontends/swiftsrc2cpg/README.md
index 2dfde18cd2db..e6858e44372a 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/swiftsrc2cpg/README.md
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/swiftsrc2cpg/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The build process has been verified on Linux, and it should be possible
 to build on OS X and BSD systems as well. The build process requires
 the following prerequisites:
 
-* Java runtime 11
+* JDK 11
   - Link: http://openjdk.java.net/install/
 * Scala build tool (sbt)
   - Link: https://www.scala-sbt.org/
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ swift build
 
 ## Running
 
+Required runtime dependencies:
+ - Java runtime >= 11
+ - `glibc` >= 2.34 (for swiftastgen); or `swift` 5.9 directly which brings in all required dependencies anyway.
+
 To produce a code property graph issue the command:
 ```shell script
 ./swiftsrc2cpg.sh <path/to/sourceCodeDirectory> --output <path/to/outputCpg>