diff --git a/gajim.spec b/gajim.spec
index a48fb8f..268dbfc 100644
--- a/gajim.spec
+++ b/gajim.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ License:        GPL-3.0-only
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Talk/Clients
 URL:            https://gajim.org/
 Source:         https://gajim.org/downloads/1.8/gajim-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nbxmpp >= 4.3.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module nbxmpp >= 4.4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module precis-i18n >= 1.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}