diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 268607c..3399129 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GTK3_REQUIRED="3.0"
 GTK_VNC1_REQUIRED="0.3.8"
 GTK_VNC2_REQUIRED="0.4.0"
 SPICE_GTK_REQUIRED="0.28"
-SPICE_PROTOCOL_REQUIRED="0.10.1"
+SPICE_PROTOCOL_REQUIRED="0.12.7"
 GOVIRT_REQUIRED="0.3.2"
 
 AC_SUBST([GLIB2_REQUIRED])