diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 597ce5cd71..e7183ca762 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
  node-pdfjs-dist,
 # Include node-pikaday only after @gitlab/ui is accepted
 # node-pikaday (>= 1.8.0-2~),
- node-popper.js,
+ node-popper.js (>= 1.16.1~),
  node-prismjs (>= 1.6~),
  node-prosemirror-model,
  node-prosemirror-markdown,