Bump required golang version in the README (#3528)

10b2e8c637 pulled new TSDB, which uses `math/bits` package introduced in Go 1.9
7 years ago · 9146760aab
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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Prometheus will now be reachable at http://localhost:9090/.
 ### Building from source

 To build Prometheus from the source code yourself you need to have a working
-Go environment with [version 1.8 or greater installed](http://golang.org/doc/install).
+Go environment with [version 1.9 or greater installed](http://golang.org/doc/install).

 You can directly use the `go` tool to download and install the `prometheus`
 and `promtool` binaries into your `GOPATH`: