diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index dc5152af..80f46a52 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "keywords": ["contextmenu", "context-menu", "right-click-menu", "right-click", "navigation", "menu"],
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": ">=1.7"
+    "jquery": ">=1.8.2"
   },
   "ignore": [
     "demo/",
diff --git a/contextMenu.jquery.json b/contextMenu.jquery.json
index 970756da..5949d5c9 100644
--- a/contextMenu.jquery.json
+++ b/contextMenu.jquery.json
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
     "homepage": "http://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/",
     "docs": "http://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/docs.html",
     "dependencies": {
-        "jquery": ">=1.7"
+        "jquery": ">=1.8.2"
     }
 }
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12cd4859..cd4002bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": ">=1.7.0"
+    "jquery": ">=1.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "dalek-browser-chrome": "0.0.10",