diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1e101c70efe5839877fcc211a0191d808cd1f0c9..b1030cb6864d0ae78d5b5cae904cf51a1d7542f2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Package: blink
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
          libavahi-compat-libdnssd1,
-         python-application (>= 2.0.0),
+         python-application (>= 2.5.0),
          python-cjson,
          python-enum34,
          python-eventlib,