diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ec42501242dc7ac79c478d08d399b1ee4260beb..c975f4da2214eeebafdf7e695d24da804abfaa10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![loc](https://sloc.xyz/github/nektro/zig-yaml)
 [![license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/nektro/zig-yaml.svg)](https://github.com/nektro/zig-yaml/blob/master/LICENSE)
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-[![Zig](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zig-0.15-f7a41d)](https://ziglang.org/)
+[![Zig](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zig-0.16-f7a41d)](https://ziglang.org/)
 [![Zigmod](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zigmod-latest-f7a41d)](https://github.com/nektro/zigmod)
 
 Zig bindings for [libyaml](https://github.com/yaml/libyaml).
diff --git a/yaml.zig b/yaml.zig
index 62642b1e7071b934fc00d05962e7f9553f47d0cc..d33ee6ef83e137855473c774cee1ad49c91d94bb 100644
--- a/yaml.zig
+++ b/yaml.zig
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ fn get_event_string(event: Token, p: *const Parser) ![:0]u8 {
                 errdefer list.deinit();
                 var i = sm.line + 1;
                 while (i < em.line) : (i += 1) {
-                    try list.appendSlice(std.mem.trimLeft(u8, lines[i], " "));
+                    try list.appendSlice(std.mem.trimStart(u8, lines[i], " "));
                     try list.append('\n');
                 }
                 return try list.toOwnedSliceSentinel(0);