diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 155d39643d40df76ad9af6389a3c5b4f0f8def9f..62df7e34ade5b2e71c3c53580af8dc3cd2138ad6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([Xext], [XShapeCombineShape],
 BM_DEPEND([GTK], [gtk+-2.0], [2.2.0])
 BM_DEPEND(LIBXFCE4MCS_CLIENT, libxfce4mcs-client-1.0, 4.0.0)
 BM_DEPEND(LIBXFCE4MCS_MANAGER, libxfce4mcs-manager-1.0, 4.0.0)
-BM_DEPEND([LIBXFCE4UTIL], [libxfce4util-1.0], [4.1.0])
+BM_DEPEND([LIBXFCE4UTIL], [libxfce4util-1.0], [4.1.17])
 BM_DEPEND(LIBXFCEGUI4, libxfcegui4-1.0, 4.1.21)
 XFCE_MCS_PLUGIN([XFCE_MCS_MANAGER], [4.0.0])