diff --git a/Lib/xml/__init__.py b/Lib/xml/__init__.py
index 1e21815..dc50cb3 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 __version__ = "$Revision$".split()[-2:][0]
 
 
-_MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 6, 5)
+_MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 8, 2)
 
 
 try: