diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ffe1fc8..6f44657 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
  g++ (>= 10~),
  zlib1g-dev,
  libcurl4-openssl-dev (>= 7.40),
- libfmt-dev,
+ libfmt-dev (>= 9),
  libyaml-cpp-dev,
  libpcre2-dev,
  libsystemd-dev