diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index de7b1833..d3d5d0bd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
                pve-edk2-firmware,
                pve-firewall,
                pve-ha-manager <!nocheck>,
-               pve-qemu-kvm,
+               pve-qemu-kvm (>= 7.1~),
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
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