--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 AC_SUBST([HAVE_PYMOD_UNITTEST])
 AC_SUBST([PYTHON_VERSION])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.10])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.24])
 AC_PATH_PROG([CHEETAH], [cheetah], [/usr/bin/cheetah])
 AC_SUBST([pythondir],
          [m4_esyscmd([python3 -c "import distutils.sysconfig as sys; print(sys.get_python_lib())"])])