diff --git a/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr-git/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr-git/PKGBUILD
index 281e374..156ce72 100644
--- a/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pkgname=cairo-compmgr-git
 epoch=1
 pkgver=0.3.1.35.g719a997
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Cairo based composite manager - Git version"
 arch=(i686 x86_64)
 url="http://cairo-compmgr.tuxfamily.org/"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license=(LGPL3)
 conflicts=(cairo-compmgr)
 provides=(cairo-compmgr)
 makedepends=(gettext git gtk-doc "intltool>=0.41" gconf)
-depends=("gtk2>=2.16.0" "vala>=0.22" libsm libgl)
+depends=("gtk2>=2.16.0" "vala>=0.24" libsm libgl)
 options=(!makeflags
          !libtool)
 
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ pkgver() {
 prepare() {
   cd "$srcdir"/cairocompmgr
 
-  #patch for compatibility with vala 0.22
-  sed -i 's!libvala-0.18!libvala-0.22!' configure.ac
-  sed -i 's!libvala-0.18!libvala-0.22!' vapi/cairo-compmgr.deps
+  #patch for compatibility with vala 0.24
+  sed -i 's!libvala-0.18!libvala-0.24!' configure.ac
+  sed -i 's!libvala-0.18!libvala-0.24!' vapi/cairo-compmgr.deps
 
   #patch needed to build with newer deps version
   patch -p1 < ../4.diff
diff --git a/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr/PKGBUILD b/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr/PKGBUILD
index 38f1330..2a1fe4e 100644
--- a/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkgbuild/cairo-compmgr/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
 pkgname=cairo-compmgr
 pkgver=0.3.1
-pkgrel=6
+pkgrel=7
 epoch=2
 pkgdesc="A Cairo based composite manager"
 arch=(i686 x86_64)
 url="https://github.com/gandalfn/Cairo-Composite-Manager"
 license=(LGPL)
 makedepends=(gettext gtk-doc "intltool>=0.41" git)
-depends=("gtk2>=2.16.0" "vala>=0.22" libsm libgl gconf)
+depends=("gtk2>=2.16.0" "vala>=0.24" libsm libgl gconf)
 install=cairo-compmgr.install
 options=(!libtool)
 source=(https://github.com/downloads/gandalfn/Cairo-Composite-Manager/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ md5sums=('4ef285e0735b1a61b5db2205a2d8f8b3')
 prepare() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
-  #patch for compatibility with vala 0.22
-  sed -i 's!libvala-0.16!libvala-0.22!' configure.ac
-  sed -i 's!libvala-0.16!libvala-0.22!' vapi/cairo-compmgr.deps
+  #patch for compatibility with vala 0.24
+  sed -i 's!libvala-0.16!libvala-0.24!' configure.ac
+  sed -i 's!libvala-0.16!libvala-0.24!' vapi/cairo-compmgr.deps
 
   #patch for libiberty path bug
   sed -i 's!<libiberty.h>!<libiberty/libiberty.h>!' src/ccm-debug.c