diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index 2b2a021b94..82e8f8bab5 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ sanity_check_gexiv2 (void)
 
 #define GEXIV2_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define GEXIV2_REQUIRED_MINOR 10
-#define GEXIV2_REQUIRED_MICRO 3
+#define GEXIV2_REQUIRED_MICRO 6
 
   gint gexiv2_version = gexiv2_get_version ();
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5243862eaa..b82e2fa41f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ m4_define([pycairo_required_version], [1.0.2])
 m4_define([poppler_required_version], [0.44.0])
 m4_define([poppler_data_required_version], [0.4.7])
 m4_define([libgudev_required_version], [167])
-m4_define([gexiv2_required_version], [0.10.3])
+m4_define([gexiv2_required_version], [0.10.6])
 m4_define([libmypaint_required_version], [1.3.0])
 m4_define([lcms_required_version], [2.7])
 m4_define([libpng_required_version], [1.6.25])