diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef656c1b08..c1eaf931cb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ project(KDEBASE_APPS)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules )
 
 #search packages used by KDE
-set(KDE_MIN_VERSION "4.2.68")  # for the < 4.2 macro
-find_package(KDE4 4.2.68 REQUIRED)
+set(KDE_MIN_VERSION "4.2.85")  # for the < 4.2 macro
+find_package(KDE4 4.2.85 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Strigi REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 include (KDE4Defaults)