diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 92882ce..a8faed0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.63.2)
 
 m4_define(gedit_major_version, 3)
 m4_define(gedit_minor_version, 7)
-m4_define(gedit_micro_version, 1)
+m4_define(gedit_micro_version, 2)
 m4_define(gedit_version, gedit_major_version.gedit_minor_version.gedit_micro_version)
 
 AC_INIT([gedit],[gedit_version],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gedit],[gedit],[http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/])
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ dnl ================================================================
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GEDIT, [
 	libxml-2.0 >= 2.5.0
 	glib-2.0 >= 2.28.0
-	gio-2.0 >= 2.26.0
+	gio-2.0 >= 2.35.4
 	gtk+-3.0 >= 3.6.0
 	gtksourceview-3.0 >= 3.0.0
 	libpeas-1.0 >= 0.7.3
