diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3aca18b4688fcd6dc3b8699bb9387598f982a45_UkVBRE1FLm1k..ea98d659fca7ec16e07d6ae4ce47277ef033ada5_UkVBRE1FLm1k 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 binary dependencies, you do not need to have Git installed on your
 system.  The only dependencies are Mercurial and Dulwich.  The plugin
 is known to work on Hg versions 1.3 through 1.5 and requires at least
-Dulwich 0.6.0.
+Dulwich 0.8.6.
 
 Usage
 =====
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c3aca18b4688fcd6dc3b8699bb9387598f982a45_c2V0dXAucHk=..ea98d659fca7ec16e07d6ae4ce47277ef033ada5_c2V0dXAucHk= 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
     license='GPLv2',
     packages=['hggit'],
     package_data={ 'hggit': ['help/git.rst'] },
-    install_requires=['dulwich>=0.8.0'] + extra_req,
+    install_requires=['dulwich>=0.8.6'] + extra_req,
 )