diff --git a/Popups.php b/Popups.php
index 8b2aa62b5..46047ed50 100644
--- a/Popups.php
+++ b/Popups.php
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ if ( function_exists( 'wfLoadExtension' ) ) {
 	); */
 	return;
 } else {
-	die( 'This version of the Popups extension requires MediaWiki 1.25+' );
+	die( 'This version of the Popups extension requires MediaWiki 1.30+' );
 }
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index a9f673d3e..9629dc4bf 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 	"descriptionmsg": "popups-desc",
 	"license-name": "GPL-2.0+",
 	"type": "betafeatures",
+	"requires": {
+		"MediaWiki" : ">= 1.30.0"
+	},
 	"AutoloadClasses": {
 		"Popups\\PopupsHooks": "includes/PopupsHooks.php",
 		"Popups\\PopupsContext": "includes/PopupsContext.php",