diff --git a/doc/source/installation.rst b/doc/source/installation.rst
index a7d6507995..ed390578ff 100644
--- a/doc/source/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/source/installation.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ Requirements
 .. check these against setup.cfg
 
 *  Python_ 3.5.1 or greater
-*  NumPy_ 1.12 or greater
+*  NumPy_ 1.13 or greater
+*  Packaging_ 14.3 or greater
 *  SciPy_ (optional, for full SPM-ANALYZE support)
 *  h5py_ (optional, for MINC2 support)
 *  PyDICOM_ 0.9.9 or greater (optional, for DICOM support)
diff --git a/doc/source/links_names.txt b/doc/source/links_names.txt
index 8a936dc72e..1a1b688cd4 100644
--- a/doc/source/links_names.txt
+++ b/doc/source/links_names.txt
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 .. _datapkg: https://pythonhosted.org/datapkg/
 .. _python imaging library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow
 .. _h5py: https://www.h5py.org/
+.. _packaging: https://packaging.pypa.io
 
 .. Python imaging projects
 .. _PyMVPA: http://www.pymvpa.org
diff --git a/min-requirements.txt b/min-requirements.txt
index ed4ed75bf2..0d749072bf 100644
--- a/min-requirements.txt
+++ b/min-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Auto-generated by tools/update_requirements.py
-numpy ==1.12
+numpy ==1.13
+packaging ==14.3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 365f19556b..3134ffd33c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Auto-generated by tools/update_requirements.py
-numpy >=1.12
+numpy >=1.13
+packaging >=14.3
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0ae5619db2..d425dd2371 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ provides =
 [options]
 python_requires = >=3.5.1
 install_requires =
-    numpy >=1.12
-    packaging
+    numpy >=1.13
+    packaging >=14.3
 tests_require =
     nose >=0.11
     pytest