diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 417e144258..2a9055ac26 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-02-07  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Bump requirements to (good) released versions to avoid
+	  confusion and make implicit core requirement explicit.
+
 2008-02-06  Jan Schmidt  <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
 
 	* docs/plugins/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 269dc0382c..c0b798e93b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ dnl AS_LIBTOOL_TAGS
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 dnl *** required versions of GStreamer stuff ***
-GST_REQ=0.10.15.1
-GSTPB_REQ=0.10.16
+GST_REQ=0.10.17
+GSTPB_REQ=0.10.17
 
 dnl *** autotools stuff ****