diff --git a/README b/README
index 7b8ad0863..eb2b5a2bc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS
 Clutter currently requires:
 
   • GLib >= 2.18.0
-  • JSON-GLib >= 0.10
+  • JSON-GLib >= 0.12
   • Atk >= 1.17
   • Cairo >= 1.6
   • PangoCairo >= 1.20
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6d5a98ae..0e50ac93e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_maintainer_flags" = "xyes" && test "x$GCC" = "xyes"],
 AC_SUBST(MAINTAINER_CFLAGS)
 
 dnl === Dependencies, compiler flags and linker libraries =====================
-CLUTTER_REQUIRES="cairo >= 1.8 atk >= 1.7 pangocairo >= 1.20 json-glib-1.0 >= 0.10 $IMAGE_PC_FILES $BACKEND_PC_FILES"
+CLUTTER_REQUIRES="cairo >= 1.8 atk >= 1.7 pangocairo >= 1.20 json-glib-1.0 >= 0.12 $IMAGE_PC_FILES $BACKEND_PC_FILES"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLUTTER_DEPS, [$CLUTTER_REQUIRES])
 AC_SUBST(CLUTTER_REQUIRES)