diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index ab40e60d..dad4d85a 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <repo>https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer</repo>
     <issue>https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer/issues</issue>
 
-    <dependency id="cordova-plugin-file" version=">=5.0.0" />
+    <dependency id="cordova-plugin-file" version=">=7.0.0" />
 
     <js-module src="www/FileTransferError.js" name="FileTransferError">
         <clobbers target="window.FileTransferError" />