diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index d7de39c21d..b2c6815934 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5499,7 +5499,7 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPSchemaCapabilities(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 4
+#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 5
 #define QEMU_MIN_MINOR 2
 #define QEMU_MIN_MICRO 0