diff --git a/gstlal/configure.ac b/gstlal/configure.ac
index ea0faf4467bedc70ca2f96120da7ca73c46e7cdd..0208412aacc76aafe730dc30e7edfbc5ea5a7c86 100644
--- a/gstlal/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal/configure.ac
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ to your GI_TYPELIB_PATH environment variable.])
 
 
 # FIXME:  we really require 3.28 for element support, but not yet available on reference platform
-AC_SUBST([MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION], [3.14])
+AC_SUBST([MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION], [3.22])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYGOBJECT], [pygobject-3.0 gmodule-2.0])
 AC_SUBST([PYGOBJECT_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([PYGOBJECT_LIBS])