diff --git a/README b/README
index e40ab4f00..8a494f314 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Clutter currently requires:
 
 Clutter also has optional dependencies:
 
-  • JSON-GLib >= 0.8 (optional, see --with-json below)
+  • JSON-GLib >= 0.10 (optional, see --with-json below)
   • GDK-Pixbuf >= 2.0 (optional, see --with-imagebackend below)
 
 On X11, Clutter depends on the following extensions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c31c5ea9..87d262964 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -671,13 +671,13 @@ AS_CASE([$with_json],
         [system],
         [
           AC_MSG_CHECKING([for installed JSON-GLib])
-          PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([json-glib-1.0 >= 0.8],
+          PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([json-glib-1.0 >= 0.10],
                            [have_json=yes],
                            [have_json=no])
           AS_IF([test "x$have_json" = "xyes"],
                 [
                   JSON_PREFIX=json-glib
-                  JSON_GLIB_PC="json-glib-1.0 >= 0.8"
+                  JSON_GLIB_PC="json-glib-1.0 >= 0.10"
 
                   AC_DEFINE([HAVE_JSON_GLIB],
                             [1],