diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 61aa0ac..333c959 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from waflib import Context, Logs, Utils
 import os, subprocess
 
-VERSION = '22.02'
+VERSION = '22.12'
 APPNAME = 'nfd'
 GIT_TAG_PREFIX = 'NFD-'
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     conf.find_program(['pkgconf', 'pkg-config'], var='PKGCONFIG')
 
     pkg_config_path = os.environ.get('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', f'{conf.env.LIBDIR}/pkgconfig')
-    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['libndn-cxx >= 0.8.0', '--cflags', '--libs'],
+    conf.check_cfg(package='libndn-cxx', args=['libndn-cxx >= 0.8.1', '--cflags', '--libs'],
                    uselib_store='NDN_CXX', pkg_config_path=pkg_config_path)
 
     if not conf.options.without_systemd: