diff --git a/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.ac b/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.ac
index e382870b7..510e50b53 100644
--- a/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.ac
+++ b/lib-src/lib-widget-extra/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 dnl Require autoconf >= 2.60
-AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 
 dnl Init autoconf
 AC_INIT