diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index c59ac15a9..2621eef0b 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Welcome to Gajim and thank you for trying out our client.
 <h2>Runtime Requirements</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>python2.4 or higher</li>
-<li>pygtk2.6 or higher</li>
+<li>pygtk2.8 or higher</li>
 <li>python-libglade</li>
 <li>pysqlite2 (if you have python 2.5, you already have this)</li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4bdb142e..6a9439ba2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AM_NLS
 dnl ****
 dnl pygtk and gtk+
 dnl ****
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYGTK], [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6.0 pygtk-2.0 >= 2.6.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYGTK], [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8.0 pygtk-2.0 >= 2.8.0])
 AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYGTK_LIBS)
 PYGTK_DEFS=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`