diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3605d61..55f58c33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif ()
 find_package (Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 # force the libmraa version to be the required version
-pkg_check_modules (MRAA REQUIRED mraa>=0.4.0)
+pkg_check_modules (MRAA REQUIRED mraa>=0.4.5)
 message (INFO " found libmraa version: ${MRAA_VERSION}")
 
 # Appends the cmake/modules path to MAKE_MODULE_PATH variable.