diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e9ec9444d8..7375e567bb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ header files installed.
      Intltool can be downloaded from
      http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/
 
-  3. You need to have GEGL version 0.1.8 or newer and babl version
-     0.1.8 or newer. You can get them from http://gegl.org/ or clone
+  3. You need to have GEGL version 0.2.0 or newer and babl version
+     0.1.10 or newer. You can get them from http://gegl.org/ or clone
      them from the GNOME git repository:
 
        git://git.gnome.org/babl
        git://git.gnome.org/gegl
 
-  4. You need to have installed GTK+ version 2.24.7 or newer.
-     GIMP also need a recent versions of GLib (>= 2.28.8), GDK-PixBuf
-     (>= 2.24.0), and Pango (>= 1.29.4). Sources for these can be grabbed
+  4. You need to have installed GTK+ version 2.24.10 or newer.
+     GIMP also need a recent versions of GLib (>= 2.30.2), GDK-Pixbuf
+     (>= 2.24.1), and Pango (>= 1.29.4). Sources for these can be grabbed
      from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.
 
   5. We use cairo >= 1.10.2, which is hosted at
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a0c817bc12..a604d35c21 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ Changes in GIMP 2.8.0
 =====================
 
 
-UI:
-
- - foo
-
-
 Core:
 
  - Add our own GimpOperationBrightnessContrast because GEGL one is different
@@ -23,27 +18,12 @@ Core:
 
 Plug-ins:
 
- - foo
-
-
-Libgimp:
-
- - foo
-
-
-Data:
-
- - foo
-
-
-Developer documentation:
-
- - foo
+ - Fix some GFig rendering issues
 
 
 Source and build system:
 
- - foo
+ - Depend on Babl 0.1.10, GEGL 0.2.0 and some other new library versions
 
 
 General:
diff --git a/app/gui/gui.c b/app/gui/gui.c
index f359bc9bc5..f3ad11718d 100644
--- a/app/gui/gui.c
+++ b/app/gui/gui.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ gui_sanity_check (void)
 {
 #define GTK_REQUIRED_MAJOR 2
 #define GTK_REQUIRED_MINOR 24
-#define GTK_REQUIRED_MICRO 7
+#define GTK_REQUIRED_MICRO 10
 
   const gchar *mismatch = gtk_check_version (GTK_REQUIRED_MAJOR,
                                              GTK_REQUIRED_MINOR,
diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index a3eff5b0b4..febddfb241 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ sanity_check_gdk_pixbuf (void)
 {
 #define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MAJOR 2
 #define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MINOR 24
-#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MICRO 0
+#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MICRO 1
 
   if (! sanity_check_version (gdk_pixbuf_major_version, GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MAJOR,
                               gdk_pixbuf_minor_version, GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MINOR,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c83d33ad6c..9ebeca318a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ m4_define([gimp_full_name], [GNU Image Manipulation Program])
 m4_define([babl_required_version], [0.1.10])
 m4_define([gegl_required_version], [0.2.0])
 m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.30.2])
-m4_define([atk_required_version], [2.0.1])
-m4_define([gtk_required_version], [2.24.7])
-m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [2.24.0])
+m4_define([atk_required_version], [2.2.0])
+m4_define([gtk_required_version], [2.24.10])
+m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [2.24.1])
 m4_define([cairo_required_version], [1.10.2])
 m4_define([cairo_pdf_required_version], [1.10.2])
 m4_define([pangocairo_required_version], [1.29.4])