diff --git a/rpc/dcrd.go b/rpc/dcrd.go
index 3ae9a15..31fe23f 100644
--- a/rpc/dcrd.go
+++ b/rpc/dcrd.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	requiredDcrdVersion = semver{Major: 7, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
+	requiredDcrdVersion = semver{Major: 8, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
 )
 
 // These error codes are defined in dcrd/dcrjson. They are copied here so we
diff --git a/rpc/dcrwallet.go b/rpc/dcrwallet.go
index 4b82cbc..b86cffb 100644
--- a/rpc/dcrwallet.go
+++ b/rpc/dcrwallet.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	requiredWalletVersion = semver{Major: 8, Minor: 8, Patch: 0}
+	requiredWalletVersion = semver{Major: 9, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
 )
 
 // WalletRPC provides methods for calling dcrwallet JSON-RPCs without exposing the details