diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f842d2041fa3109ca692ae777741ff64a77c4098..22b1d3e5348e3b13e191285ff34fd14420e7af51 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends:
  python3-requests,
  python3-websockets (>= 8.0),
- briar-headless (>= 1.2.10),
+ briar-headless (>= 1.2.12),
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Wrapper Library for Briar Headless