diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-amd64 b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-amd64
index 20b99c52e..ada257a83 100644
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-amd64
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-amd64
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 
 Package: xcat-genesis-scripts-amd64
 Architecture: all 
-Depends: xcat-genesis-base-amd64
+Depends: xcat-genesis-base-amd64 (>=2.13.0)
 Conflicts: xcat-genesis-scripts,xcat-genesis-scripts-x86-64
 Replaces: xcat-genesis-scripts,xcat-genesis-scripts-x86-64
 Description: xCAT genesis 
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-ppc64el b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-ppc64el
index 08459a6cf..825592d88 100644
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-ppc64el
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/debian/control-ppc64el
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 
 Package: xcat-genesis-scripts-ppc64
 Architecture: all
-Depends: xcat-genesis-base-ppc64
+Depends: xcat-genesis-base-ppc64 (>=2.13.0)
 Conflicts: xcat-genesis-scripts
 Replaces: xcat-genesis-scripts
 Description: xCAT genesis 
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
index c10abfbf6..2dcd33925 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/xCAT-genesis-scripts.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Vendor: IBM Corp
 Summary: xCAT Genesis netboot image - Core content
 URL:	 http://xcat.org
 Source1: xCAT-genesis-scripts.tar.bz2
-Requires: xCAT-genesis-base-%{tarch}
+Requires: xCAT-genesis-base-%{tarch} >= 2:2.13.0
 
 Buildroot: %{_localstatedir}/tmp/xCAT-genesis
 Packager: IBM Corp.