diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 79ff3e6b..63d9d5ca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ AC_INIT([Flatpak],
         [http://flatpak.org/])
 
 GLIB_REQS=2.44
-SYSTEM_BWRAP_REQS=0.1.8
+SYSTEM_BWRAP_REQS=0.2.1
 OSTREE_REQS=2017.15
 OSTREE_P2P_REQS=2018.2