AntUnit now requires Ant 1.8.1
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8dee281..4277933 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 Building
 ========
 
-This Ant Library requires Ant 1.7.0 or later to build, some of
-the test use JUnit 3 (3.8.2 recommended).
+This Ant Library requires Ant 1.8.1 or later to build, some of
+the test use JUnit 4 (4.12 recommended).
 
 It should work with any Java(TM) Runtime (and compile with any Java(TM)
 Developer Kit) starting with version 1.2.
diff --git a/changes.xml b/changes.xml
index deef041..e603faa 100644
--- a/changes.xml
+++ b/changes.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
       for reports could cause stack overflows or out-of-memory errors
       when applied to big outputs.
     </action>
+    <action type="update" breaks-bwc="true">
+      AntUnit now requires at least Ant 1.8.1 at runtime.
+    </action>
   </release>
 
   <release version="1.3" date="2014-05-14">
diff --git a/docs/assertions.html b/docs/assertions.html
index f851ddd..e460628 100644
--- a/docs/assertions.html
+++ b/docs/assertions.html
@@ -325,21 +325,6 @@
       &lt;assertResourceExists resource="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar"/&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertResourceExists</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.  You can simulate the assertion
-      using the <code>resourceExists</code> condition
-      and <code>assertTrue</code>, for example</p>
-
-    <pre>
-      &lt;au:assertTrue message="Expected resource '${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar' to exist"&gt;
-        &lt;au:resourceExists&gt;
-          &lt;file file="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar"/&gt;
-        &lt;/au:resourceExists&gt;
-      &lt;/au:assertTrue&gt;
-    </pre>
-
     <h2><a name="assertRefResourceExists">assertRefResourceExists</a></h2>
 
     <p><em>Since AntUnit 1.3</em></p>
@@ -376,11 +361,6 @@
       &lt;assertRefResourceExists refid="ant.jar"/&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertRefResourceExists</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.</p>
-
     <h2><a name="assertNestedResourceExists">assertNestedResourceExists</a></h2>
 
     <p><em>Since AntUnit 1.3</em></p>
@@ -412,11 +392,6 @@
       &lt;/assertNestedResourceExists&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertNestedResourceExists</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.</p>
-
     <h2><a name="assertResourceDoesntExist">assertResourceDoesntExist</a></h2>
 
     <p><em>Since AntUnit 1.2</em></p>
@@ -458,21 +433,6 @@
       &lt;assertResourceDoesntExist resource="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar"/&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertResourceDoesntExist</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.  You can simulate the assertion
-      using the <code>resourceExists</code> condition
-      and <code>assertFalse</code>, for example</p>
-
-    <pre>
-      &lt;au:assertFalse message="Didn't expect resource '${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar' to exist"&gt;
-        &lt;au:resourceExists&gt;
-          &lt;file file="${ant.home}/lib/ant.jar"/&gt;
-        &lt;/au:resourceExists&gt;
-      &lt;/au:assertFalse&gt;
-    </pre>
-
     <h2><a name="assertRefResourceDoesntExist">assertRefResourceDoesntExist</a></h2>
 
     <p><em>Since AntUnit 1.3</em></p>
@@ -509,11 +469,6 @@
       &lt;assertRefResourceDoesntExist refid="ant.jar"/&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertRefResourceDoesntExist</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.</p>
-
     <h2><a name="assertNestedResourceDoesntExist">assertNestedResourceDoesntExist</a></h2>
 
     <p><em>Since AntUnit 1.3</em></p>
@@ -546,11 +501,6 @@
       &lt;/assertNestedResourceDoesntExist&gt;
     </pre>
 
-    <h3>Ant 1.7.x Note</h3>
-
-    <p><code>assertNestedResourceDoesntExist</code> relies on Ant 1.8.0 or later,
-      it doesn't work with Ant 1.7.x.</p>
-
     <h2><a name="assertDestIsUptodate">assertDestIsUptodate</a></h2>
 
     <p>Asserts that a dest file is more recent than the source
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 9d1e712..3824276 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <h2>Requirements</h2>
 
-    <p>The current version requires Ant 1.7.0 or later.</p>
+    <p>The current version requires Ant 1.8.1 or later.</p>
 
     <h2>Where is it?</h2>
 
diff --git a/project-template.pom b/project-template.pom
index 0f860e1..a34e656 100644
--- a/project-template.pom
+++ b/project-template.pom
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.1</version>
+      <version>1.8.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
 	<exclusion>