diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d041c1a..31af887 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.20])
 AC_CHECK_LIB(csv, csv_init, LIBS="$LIBS -lcsv", [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** libcsv library not found!])])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([csv.h])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 0.11.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.3.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 0.11.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOABIS, libosmoabis)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OSMOSIM, libosmosim)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e7f52f3..14c5d7a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                pkg-config,
                osmo-gsm-manuals-dev,
                libcsv-dev,
-               libosmocore-dev,
+               libosmocore-dev (>= 1.3.0),
                libosmo-abis-dev,
                libosmo-simtrace2-dev,
                libpcsclite-dev,