diff --git a/lib/DateTime/Format/Strptime.pm b/lib/DateTime/Format/Strptime.pm
index b267b8e..b06a9a2 100644
--- a/lib/DateTime/Format/Strptime.pm
+++ b/lib/DateTime/Format/Strptime.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package DateTime::Format::Strptime;
 
 use strict;
 
-use DateTime 0.430;
+use DateTime 0.44;
 use DateTime::Locale 0.45;
 use DateTime::TimeZone 0.79;
 use Params::Validate 0.64 qw( validate SCALAR SCALARREF BOOLEAN OBJECT CODEREF );