diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 756ac7a..3ecca4b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                libdconf-dev,
                libgtk-3-dev,
                libgupnp-1.0-dev,
-               libmate-desktop-dev (>= 1.12),
+               libmate-desktop-dev (>= 1.14),
                libstartup-notification0-dev,
                mate-common (>= 1.12),
                pkg-config,