diff --git a/README b/README
index 33e367a4..e25f2272 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Requirements
  - automake >= 1.11
  - libtool
  - pkg-config >= 0.22
- - libglib >= 2.22.0
+ - libglib >= 2.28.0
  - libusb >= 1.0.5 (for most logic analyzer hardware)
  - libzip >= 0.8
  - libftdi >= 0.16 (for some logic analyzer hardware)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 485fd90d..b0558ef3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ SR_PKGLIBS=""
 
 # libglib-2.0 is always needed.
 # Note: glib-2.0 is part of the libsigrok API (hard pkg-config requirement).
-AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0([2.22.0],
+AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0([2.28.0],
 	[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"; LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"])
 
 # libgthread-2.0 is always needed (e.g. for the demo hardware driver).