diff --git a/anda/langs/vala/vala-lint-nightly/vala-lint-nightly.spec b/anda/langs/vala/vala-lint-nightly/vala-lint-nightly.spec
index ac636e8f3e..7c9ed5b917 100644
--- a/anda/langs/vala/vala-lint-nightly/vala-lint-nightly.spec
+++ b/anda/langs/vala/vala-lint-nightly/vala-lint-nightly.spec
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ BuildRequires:	cmake
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 BuildRequires:	meson
 BuildRequires:	ninja-build
-BuildRequires:	vala		= 0.56.4
-BuildRequires:	vala-devel	= 0.56.4
+BuildRequires:	vala		>= 0.56.4
+BuildRequires:	vala-devel	>= 0.56.4
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 
 %description
 Small command line tool and library for checking Vala code files for code-style