diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ffc861c88b..a744366768 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ 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 <= 2.4.8 , [
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENCV, opencv >= 2.0.0 opencv < 2.5.0 , [
     AC_PROG_CXX
     AC_LANG([C++])
     OLD_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS