diff --git a/docs/drvqemu.rst b/docs/drvqemu.rst
index c33706ccea..7ee11e9deb 100644
--- a/docs/drvqemu.rst
+++ b/docs/drvqemu.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 QEMU/KVM/HVF hypervisor driver
 ==============================
 
-The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 3.1.0 or
+The libvirt KVM/QEMU driver can manage any QEMU emulator from version 4.2.0 or
 later.
 
 It supports multiple QEMU accelerators: software
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 80a8002f0c..43b9c2fd76 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -5362,8 +5362,8 @@ virQEMUCapsProbeQMPSchemaCapabilities(virQEMUCaps *qemuCaps,
     return 0;
 }
 
-#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 3
-#define QEMU_MIN_MINOR 1
+#define QEMU_MIN_MAJOR 4
+#define QEMU_MIN_MINOR 2
 #define QEMU_MIN_MICRO 0
 
 virDomainVirtType