diff --git a/evolution-data-server.spec b/evolution-data-server.spec
index 66d0d1ca5edb1d72479ffe019080b943ac920457..e6f0acefa0400362a6e1323720b83ba96c892c6a 100644
--- a/evolution-data-server.spec
+++ b/evolution-data-server.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Obsoletes:      evolution-webcal < 2.24.0 compat-evolution-data-server310-libcam
 Recommends:     pinentry-gtk
 Requires:       dconf %{name}-langpacks = %{version}-%{release}
 
-BuildRequires:  cmake gcc-c++ gettext gperf gtk-doc >= 1.9 intltool >= 0.35.5 libicu-devel sendmail
+BuildRequires:  cmake gcc-c++ gettext gperf gtk-doc >= 1.33 intltool >= 0.35.5 libicu-devel sendmail
 BuildRequires:  libdb-devel perl-generators systemd gcr-devel >= 3.4 glib2-devel >= 2.46.0
 BuildRequires:  libgweather-devel >= 3.5.0 gtk3-devel >= 3.10.0 gnome-online-accounts-devel >= 3.8
 BuildRequires:  libgdata-devel >= 0.10.0 libical-devel >= 2.0 libsecret-devel >= 0.5  vala