diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index 83da5f1..fb43884 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ BuildRequires:    ncurses-devel
 # debugging stuff
 BuildRequires:    systemtap-sdt-devel
 # Bison SQL parser; needed also for wsrep API
-BuildRequires:    bison bison-devel
+BuildRequires:    bison >= 2.4
+BuildRequires:    bison-devel >= 2.4
 
 %{?with_debug:BuildRequires:    valgrind-devel}
 
@@ -499,7 +500,8 @@ MariaDB is a community developed branch of MySQL.
 Summary:          The Open Query GRAPH engine for MariaDB
 Requires:         %{name}-server%{?_isa} = %{sameevr}
 # boost and Judy required for oograph
-BuildRequires:    boost-devel Judy-devel
+BuildRequires:    boost-devel >= 1.40.0
+BuildRequires:    Judy-devel
 
 %description      oqgraph-engine
 The package provides Open Query GRAPH engine (OQGRAPH) as plugin for MariaDB