diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 959b93972..ae30017f1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [Define to the Gettext pa
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
 dnl Checks for programs.  
-dnl We first only check for python >= 2.5
+dnl We first only check for python >= 2.6
 
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.5)
+AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.6)
 AC_PATH_PROG(BINSH, sh)
 
 pygtk_require="
diff --git a/src/gramps.py b/src/gramps.py
index cdad57ea7..cfc15d5d8 100644
--- a/src/gramps.py
+++ b/src/gramps.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ LOG.debug('Using locale:', locale.getlocale())
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (2, 5, 0, '', 0)
+MIN_PYTHON_VERSION = (2, 6, 0, '', 0)
 if not sys.version_info >= MIN_PYTHON_VERSION :
     print (_("Your Python version does not meet the "
              "requirements. At least python %d.%d.%d is needed to"
diff --git a/windows/builder/gramps2.nsi b/windows/builder/gramps2.nsi
index 3f83ed96a..9dec73af8 100644
--- a/windows/builder/gramps2.nsi
+++ b/windows/builder/gramps2.nsi
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 !define GRAMPS_BUILD_PATH   $%GRAMPS_BUILD_DIR%
 !define GRAMPS_OUT_PATH     $%GRAMPS_OUT_DIR%
 
-!define MIN_PYTHON_VERSION      "2.5.4"
+!define MIN_PYTHON_VERSION      "2.6.0"
 !define MIN_GTK_VERSION         "2.12.9"
 !define MIN_PYGTK_VERSION       "2.12.1"
 !define MIN_GOBJECT_VERSION   "2.12.3"