diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 84273459..2f4cc344 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif ()
 find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 # force the libmaa version to be the required version
-pkg_check_modules (MAA REQUIRED maa>=0.2.6)
+pkg_check_modules (MAA REQUIRED maa>=0.2.9)
 message (INFO " found libmaa version: ${MAA_VERSION}")
 
 # Appends the cmake/modules path to MAKE_MODULE_PATH variable.