diff --git a/gajim/gajim.py b/gajim/gajim.py
index 53182222b..b4bd3c515 100644
--- a/gajim/gajim.py
+++ b/gajim/gajim.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ from gajim.common import i18n
 from gajim.common import logging_helpers
 from gajim.common import crypto
 
-MIN_NBXMPP_VER = "0.5.6"
+MIN_NBXMPP_VER = "0.6.0"
 
 
 class GajimApplication(Gtk.Application):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 159f9e825..6b47870be 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ setup(
     data_files=data_files,
     install_requires=[
         'dbus-python;sys_platform=="linux"',
-        'nbxmpp',
+        'nbxmpp>=0.6.0',
         'pyOpenSSL>=0.12',
         'pyasn1',
     ],