diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 890282eb51..a1993965c7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ m4_define([poppler_required_version], [0.12.4])
 m4_define([poppler_data_required_version], [0.4.7])
 m4_define([libgudev_required_version], [167])
 m4_define([gexiv2_required_version], [0.6.1])
-m4_define([libmypaint_required_version], [1.1])
+m4_define([libmypaint_required_version], [1.3.0])
 m4_define([lcms_required_version], [2.6])
 m4_define([libpng_required_version], [1.2.37])
 m4_define([liblzma_required_version], [5.0.0])