diff --git a/common b/common
index 2485a65b66..e3944a4eec 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2485a65b662de25fb7b71857e34411426c6f530c
+Subproject commit e3944a4eec91af24489896ba3674a16af37326ea
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 175527ce2c..6e3e1be61d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ AC_C99_FUNC_LRINTF()
 dnl Check for essential libraries first:
 dnl ====================================
 
-GST_GLIB2_CHECK()
+GST_GLIB_CHECK([2.6])
 
 dnl Check for additional libraries that we might use:
 dnl =================================================