diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 320cada0..e2c073d1 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -3614,9 +3614,9 @@ sub config_to_command {
     my $kvm_binary = get_command_for_arch($arch);
     my $kvmver = kvm_user_version($kvm_binary);
 
-    if (!$kvmver || $kvmver !~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)/ || $1 < 4) {
+    if (!$kvmver || $kvmver !~ m/^(\d+)\.(\d+)/ || $1 < 5) {
 	$kvmver //= "undefined";
-	die "Detected old QEMU binary ('$kvmver', at least 4.0 is required)\n";
+	die "Detected old QEMU binary ('$kvmver', at least 5.0 is required)\n";
     }
 
     my $add_pve_version = min_version($kvmver, 4, 1);
diff --git a/test/cfg2cmd/old-qemu.conf b/test/cfg2cmd/old-qemu.conf
index 14489a3b..e8129cf6 100644
--- a/test/cfg2cmd/old-qemu.conf
+++ b/test/cfg2cmd/old-qemu.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # TEST: Test QEMU version detection and expect fail on old version
-# QEMU_VERSION: 3.0.1
-# EXPECT_ERROR: Detected old QEMU binary ('3.0.1', at least 4.0 is required)
+# QEMU_VERSION: 4.0.1
+# EXPECT_ERROR: Detected old QEMU binary ('4.0.1', at least 5.0 is required)
 smbios1: uuid=7b10d7af-b932-4c66-b2c3-3996152ec465