diff --git a/tor.spec.in b/tor.spec.in
index 405088c18e..1fc7383ba6 100644
--- a/tor.spec.in
+++ b/tor.spec.in
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Packager: Andrew Lewman <phobos@interloper.org>
 Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, rpm >= 4.0, zlib-devel
 %else 
-Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6, libevent >= 1.1b
-BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, libevent-devel >= 1.1b
+Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6, libevent >= 1.2
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6, libevent-devel >= 1.2
 %endif
 %if %{is_fc}
 BuildRequires: rpm-build >= 4.0