diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4855f9bbf..87a00ccbd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(TR_UNSTABLE, test "x$TR_UNSTABLE" = "xyes")
 
 OPENSSL_MINIMUM=0.9.4
-CURL_MINIMUM=7.15.0
+CURL_MINIMUM=7.16.3
 GIO_MINIMUM=2.15.5
 GLIB_MINIMUM=2.6.0
 GTK_MINIMUM=2.6.0