diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 609f47e..b6565cd 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -2551,8 +2551,8 @@ QEMU_VER_LONG=$(${QEMU_IMG} --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print $3}')
 QEMU_VER_SHORT="${QEMU_VER_LONG%.*}"
 QEMU_VER_SHORT="${QEMU_VER_SHORT/./}"
 
-if [ "${QEMU_VER_SHORT}" -lt 60 ]; then
-    echo "ERROR! QEMU 6.0.0 or newer is required, detected ${QEMU_VER_LONG}."
+if [ "${QEMU_VER_SHORT}" -lt 61 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR! QEMU 6.1.0 or newer is required, detected ${QEMU_VER_LONG}."
     exit 1
 fi