diff --git a/python-lxml.spec b/python-lxml.spec
index 7f4bf24..62d3a10 100644
--- a/python-lxml.spec
+++ b/python-lxml.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.7}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cssselect >= 0.9.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 18.0.1}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel >= 2.7.0
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel >= 2.9.5
 BuildRequires:  libxslt-devel >= 1.1.23
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-cssselect >= 0.9.1