diff --git a/gajim/gajim.py b/gajim/gajim.py
index 17cc41d81..7fc2e4a0e 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 = "0.6.0"
+MIN_NBXMPP_VER = "0.6.1"
 
 
 class GajimApplication(Gtk.Application):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7e5e8a5b..0883305cb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ setup(
     data_files=data_files,
     install_requires=[
         'dbus-python;sys_platform=="linux"',
-        'nbxmpp>=0.6.0',
+        'nbxmpp>=0.6.1',
         'pyOpenSSL>=0.12',
         'pyasn1',
     ],