diff --git a/README b/README
index 8ec5653..83e2341 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 gtk3
 glib (>= 2.28)
-girara (>= 0.1.8)
+girara (>= 0.2.0)
 sqlite3 (optional, >= 3.5.9)
 check (for tests)
 intltool
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 253dded..b8b71bd 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PROJECT = zathura
 
 ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR = 2
-ZATHURA_VERSION_REV = 7
+ZATHURA_VERSION_REV = 8
 # If the API changes, the API version and the ABI version have to be bumped.
 ZATHURA_API_VERSION = 2
 # If the ABI breaks for any reason, this has to be bumped.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ VERSION = ${ZATHURA_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZATHURA_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZATHURA_VERSION_RE
 
 # girara
 GIRARA_VERSION_CHECK ?= 1
-GIRARA_MIN_VERSION = 0.1.8
+GIRARA_MIN_VERSION = 0.2.0
 GIRARA_PKG_CONFIG_NAME = girara-gtk3
 # glib
 GLIB_VERSION_CHECK ?= 1