diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f4ccd1906d..07502f7a4b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FEATURE(OPENCV, [opencv plugins], opencv, [
   dnl a new version and the no-backward-compatibility define. (There doesn't
   dnl seem to be a switch to suppress the warnings the cvcompat.h header
   dnl causes.)
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENCV, opencv >= 2.0.0 opencv <= 2.3.1 , [
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENCV, opencv >= 2.0.0 opencv <= 2.4.2 , [
     AC_PROG_CXX
     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
     OLD_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS