diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3b287c9ed0082c08f188a9a2cd1b8bc03b016ead..3988e089f5affd920d740feb49fb4a7ae43dcb33 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([OPENDHT], [opendht >= 2.3.2],,
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SECP256K1], [libsecp256k1 >= 0.1],,
   AC_MSG_FAILURE([Missing secp256k1]))
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FMT], [fmt >= 6.0],,
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FMT], [fmt >= 7.0],,
   AC_MSG_FAILURE([Missing {fmt}]))
 
 # LIBUPNP
diff --git a/contrib/src/fmt/rules.mak b/contrib/src/fmt/rules.mak
index 567a3c81109052cbfded24bdc83b68bb57b40c5f..696412a6cdde5d8b84ef31bc0a11b7ce4f203283 100644
--- a/contrib/src/fmt/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/fmt/rules.mak
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ FMT_VERSION := 9.1.0
 FMT_URL := https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/$(FMT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 PKGS += fmt
-ifeq ($(call need_pkg,'fmt >= 6.0'),)
+ifeq ($(call need_pkg,'fmt >= 7.0'),)
 PKGS_FOUND += fmt
 endif
 
-# fmt 5.3.0 fix: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/issues/1267
 FMT_CMAKECONF = -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off \
 				-DFMT_TEST=Off \
                 CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=$(PREFIX)/lib