diff --git a/gajim/gajim.py b/gajim/gajim.py
index d4004b521cb190d18bcf4147dbed17a595add63f..4ff612548017de29763e47236cfcc6664c6017de 100644
--- a/gajim/gajim.py
+++ b/gajim/gajim.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 from gajim.common import i18n
 
-_MIN_NBXMPP_VER = '1.91.0'
+_MIN_NBXMPP_VER = '1.99.0'
 _MIN_GTK_VER = '3.22.27'
 _MIN_CAIRO_VER = '1.16.0'
 _MIN_PYGOBJECT_VER = '3.32.0'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b42545763ff2ad7fd7ad94a46f254df36ba498e5..f46baf5c856b17e660b63123f8c80ee9a8a8f93f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test_suite = test
 install_requires =
     css-parser
     keyring
-    nbxmpp>=1.91.0
+    nbxmpp>=1.99.0
     packaging
     precis-i18n>=1.0.0
     pyOpenSSL>=16.2