diff --git a/org.gnu.hello.json b/org.gnu.hello.json
index ee3b98e6a74936942584cb7dcfb2764fb6ea6a43..3b05b758b86a257d56d9bd8a596d52de2ad7f48d 100644
--- a/org.gnu.hello.json
+++ b/org.gnu.hello.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "app-id": "org.gnu.hello",
     "runtime": "org.freedesktop.Platform",
-    "runtime-version": "1.4",
+    "runtime-version": "19.08",
     "sdk": "org.freedesktop.Sdk",
     "command": "hello",
     "separate-locales": false,