diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 69446ef2e039..dbf13a875ab8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10525,7 +10525,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_LIBEXTTEXTCAT_DATA)
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Checking for libnumbertext
 dnl ===================================================================
-libo_CHECK_SYSTEM_MODULE([libnumbertext],[LIBNUMBERTEXT],[libnumbertext >= 1.0.0])
+libo_CHECK_SYSTEM_MODULE([libnumbertext],[LIBNUMBERTEXT],[libnumbertext >= 1.0.6])
 if test "$with_system_libnumbertext" = "yes"; then
     SYSTEM_LIBNUMBERTEXT_DATA=file://`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pkgdatadir libnumbertext`
     SYSTEM_LIBNUMBERTEXT=YES