diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index fd652d7..41d2276 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## unreleased
+
+ * 4.08 is now the oldest `recent` version  (@shonfeder #81)
 
 ## v3.7.3 (2025-01-08)
 
diff --git a/ocaml_version.ml b/ocaml_version.ml
index 2a5686b..f29ef7f 100644
--- a/ocaml_version.ml
+++ b/ocaml_version.ml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ module Releases = struct
               v4_09; v4_10; v4_11; v4_12; v4_13;
               v4_14; v5_0; v5_1; v5_2; v5_3 ]
 
-  let recent = [ v4_02; v4_03; v4_04; v4_05; v4_06; v4_07; v4_08; v4_09; v4_10; v4_11; v4_12; v4_13; v4_14; v5_0; v5_1; v5_2; v5_3 ]
+  let recent = [ v4_08; v4_09; v4_10; v4_11; v4_12; v4_13; v4_14; v5_0; v5_1; v5_2; v5_3 ]
 
   let latest = v5_3
 
diff --git a/ocaml_version.mli b/ocaml_version.mli
index d8e5557..d1b7642 100644
--- a/ocaml_version.mli
+++ b/ocaml_version.mli
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ module Releases : sig
   (** [latest] is the most recent stable release of OCaml. *)
 
   val recent : t list
-  (** [recent] are the stable OCaml releases since 4.02, with each at the latest patch level.
+  (** [recent] are the stable OCaml releases since 4.08, with each at the latest patch level.
       This is the set that is most reliably tested in the opam package repository. *)
 
   val recent_with_dev : t list