diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
index 61a963dae833fe6099ae9257230c7782c9559a42..e74c1fd94dfc46ad9a1385e59f245114cb24918d 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/configure.ac
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_FRAMECPP" != "xyes"], [AC_MSG_ERROR([framecpp not found])])
 #
 
 
-AC_SUBST([MIN_GDS_VERSION], [2.17.0])
+AC_SUBST([MIN_GDS_VERSION], [2.18.0])
 AC_ARG_WITH(
 	[gds],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-gds], [include gds plugin @<:@default=check@:>@])],
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in b/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
index 1ed59838c678680a118252d3bbc42b62a50b4669..9244b51ed562cf3e45e2d4250e8359d9954cfbc4 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/control.in
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 9),
  doxygen (>= @MIN_DOXYGEN_VERSION@),
  fakeroot,
- gds-crtools (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
  gds-dev (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
- gds-services (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
+ gds-lowlatency (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
  gobject-introspection (>= @MIN_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_VERSION@),
  graphviz,
  gstlal-dev (>= @MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION@),
@@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ Build-Depends:
 Package: gstlal-ugly
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
- gds-core (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
- gds-crtools (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
- gds-services (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
+ gds-lowlatency (>= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@),
  gir1.2-glib-2.0,
  gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 (>= @MIN_GSTREAMER_VERSION@),
  gstlal (>= @MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION@),
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
index 9f25c9e9a3e64268e083fb518e543d244f5aa8a9..8d0f3be600121c6bc179a8e8b417c519923f4220 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ Requires: lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
 Requires: lalmetaio >= @MIN_LALMETAIO_VERSION@
 Requires: gsl
 Requires: ldas-tools-framecpp >= @MIN_FRAMECPP_VERSION@
-Requires: gds-core >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
-Requires: gds-crtools >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
-Requires: gds-services >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
+Requires: gds-lowlatency >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
 Requires: nds2-client >= @MIN_NDS_VERSION@
 Requires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@
 Requires: python-%{gstreamername}
@@ -41,7 +39,8 @@ BuildRequires: lalmetaio-devel >= @MIN_LALMETAIO_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: gsl-devel
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc >= @MIN_GTK_DOC_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: ldas-tools-framecpp-devel >= @MIN_FRAMECPP_VERSION@
-BuildRequires: gds-devel >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: gds-dev >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: gds-lowlatency >= @MIN_GDS_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: nds2-client-devel >= @MIN_NDS_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: nds2-client-headers >= @MIN_NDS_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@