diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 7a323606..411be7f5 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	"descriptionmsg": "replacetext-desc",
 	"license-name": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 	"requires": {
-		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.35.0"
+		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.39.0"
 	},
 	"type": "specialpage",
 	"GroupPermissions": {