diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 2906e8820f..195381542e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ header files installed.
        git://git.gnome.org/gegl
 
   4. You need to have installed GTK+ version 2.18.1 or newer.
-     GIMP also need a recent versions of GLib (>= 2.20.0) and
+     GIMP also need a recent versions of GLib (>= 2.22.0) and
      Pango (>= 1.20.1). Sources for these can be grabbed from
      ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.
 
diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index d1294c7f0e..aa8b0ea77e 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static gchar *
 sanity_check_glib (void)
 {
 #define GLIB_REQUIRED_MAJOR 2
-#define GLIB_REQUIRED_MINOR 20
+#define GLIB_REQUIRED_MINOR 22
 #define GLIB_REQUIRED_MICRO 0
 
   const gchar *mismatch = glib_check_version (GLIB_REQUIRED_MAJOR,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2784030e06..da39902992 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ m4_define([gimp_full_name], [GNU Image Manipulation Program])
 # required versions of other packages
 m4_define([babl_required_version], [0.1.0])
 m4_define([gegl_required_version], [0.1.0])
-m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.20.0])
+m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.22.0])
 m4_define([gtk_required_version], [2.18.1])
 m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [gtk_required_version])
 m4_define([cairo_required_version], [1.6.0])