diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index c46b3234b6..8434c15a02 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ sanity_check_gegl (void)
   gint gegl_micro_version;
 
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
-#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR 2
-#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 1
+#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR 3
+#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 0
 
   gegl_get_version (&gegl_major_version,
                     &gegl_minor_version,
diff --git a/gimp.pc.in b/gimp.pc.in
index 50aac20ba0..9cf1da9557 100644
--- a/gimp.pc.in
+++ b/gimp.pc.in
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ gimplocaledir=@gimplocaledir@
 Name: GIMP
 Description: GIMP Library
 Version: @GIMP_REAL_VERSION@
-Requires: gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= @GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION@ cairo >= @CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION@ gegl-0.2 >= @GEGL_REQUIRED_VERSION@
+Requires: gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= @GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_VERSION@ cairo >= @CAIRO_REQUIRED_VERSION@ gegl-0.3 >= @GEGL_REQUIRED_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lgimp-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpmath-@GIMP_API_VERSION@  -lgimpconfig-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpcolor-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ -lgimpbase-@GIMP_API_VERSION@ @RT_LIBS@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/gimp-@GIMP_API_VERSION@