diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b77de07aba..53990d540f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-04-04  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	  Require core/base 0.10.18 for ARGB caps parsing fixes in libgstvideo.
+	  Also bump the GLib requirement to the current de-facto requirement
+	  (ie. 2.12).
+
 2008-04-04  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
 	* gst/rtp/gstrtph264pay.c: (encode_base64),
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c63c4b6686..e33e7bfd43 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=0.10.17
-GSTPB_REQ=0.10.17
+GST_REQ=0.10.18
+GSTPB_REQ=0.10.18
 
 dnl *** autotools stuff ****
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(GST_HAVE_MMAP, test "x$ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped" == "xyes")
 dnl *** checks for dependency libraries ***
 
 dnl GLib is required
-AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([2.6])
+AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([2.12])
 
 dnl liboil is required
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOIL, liboil-0.3 >= 0.3.8, HAVE_LIBOIL=yes, HAVE_LIBOIL=no)