diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d2baface..b73007d4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS += -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)"' \
 	-DLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\" \
         -DRPM_OSTREE_FEATURES='"$(RPM_OSTREE_FEATURES)"' \
 	-DRPM_OSTREE_GITREV='"$(RPM_OSTREE_GITREV)"' \
-	-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_40 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_40_
+	-DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_50 -DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=GLIB_VERSION_2_50
 AM_CFLAGS += -std=gnu11 $(WARN_CFLAGS)
 # bundled libdnf
 AM_LDFLAGS += "-Wl,-rpath=$(libdir)/rpm-ostree"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dd3d66ae..0a3f2bf2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ LIBS="$save_LIBS"
 
 # Remember to update AM_CPPFLAGS in Makefile.am when bumping GIO req.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PKGDEP_GIO_UNIX, [gio-unix-2.0])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PKGDEP_RPMOSTREE, [gio-unix-2.0 >= 2.40.0 json-glib-1.0
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PKGDEP_RPMOSTREE, [gio-unix-2.0 >= 2.50.0 json-glib-1.0
 				     ostree-1 >= 2017.14
 				     libsystemd
 				     polkit-gobject-1