diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd1f85b..3646896 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install elan
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
-          curl -sSfL https://github.com/leanprover/elan/releases/download/v1.4.2/elan-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xz
+          curl -sSfL https://github.com/leanprover/elan/releases/download/v4.0.0/elan-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xz
           ./elan-init -y --default-toolchain none
           echo "$HOME/.elan/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2