diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 068b97fe659..a556e1683e9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ if(ENABLE_GAME OR ENABLE_TESTS)
 
 	if(NOT MSVC)
 		find_package( PkgConfig REQUIRED )
-		pkg_check_modules( PANGOCAIRO REQUIRED pangocairo>=1.14.8 )
+		pkg_check_modules( PANGOCAIRO REQUIRED pangocairo>=1.24.4 )
 		pkg_check_modules( FONTCONFIG REQUIRED fontconfig>=2.4.1 )
         pkg_check_modules( SYSTEMD systemd )
 	endif(NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 655fd0be46e..21cb2276751 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You'll need to have these libraries and their development headers to build Wesno
  boost_system >= 1.36.0
  boost_thread >= 1.36.0
  libfontconfig >= 2.4.1
- libpango (with cairo backend) >= 1.14.8
+ libpango (with cairo backend) >= 1.24.4
  libsdl >= 1.2.7
  libsdl-image >= 1.2 (with png support)
  libsdl-mixer >= 1.2 (with Vorbis support)
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index e6fba4f35e9..3c1c58fac1b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Full documentation is available [wiki=Micro_AIs]on the Wesnoth wiki[/wiki], whic
 [/section]
 
 [section="Another Change"]
+Increased the pango cairo dependency to version 1.24.4.
 [/section]
 
 [section="Yet another Change"]
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 6a6db142814..1ab0e312bd6 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Version 1.11.1+svn:
    * Added a FOREACH macro to emulate C++11 for(... : ...) style loops.
    * Fixed bug #20290: No longer terminate due to a corrupt savegame.
    * Fixed bug #19970: No longer terminate due to corrupt preferences.
+   * Changed: Increased the pango cairo dependency to version 1.24.4.
 
 Version 1.11.1:
  * AI:
diff --git a/projectfiles/VC9/README.txt b/projectfiles/VC9/README.txt
index 32c15e1297d..40e6bbda7b9 100644
--- a/projectfiles/VC9/README.txt
+++ b/projectfiles/VC9/README.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ compile Wesnoth.
 	General Folder'.
 
 
-5k. >=pangocairo-1.14.8 ( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
+5k. >=pangocairo-1.24.4 ( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
 
 	Download the following 'Binaryies' and 'Dev' packages from the 
 	'GTK+ individual packages'