diff --git a/test-export/CMakeLists.txt b/test-export/CMakeLists.txt
index 89c1806c..53a1cf52 100644
--- a/test-export/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test-export/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(verify)
 if(NOT ${EVENT__CODE_COMPONENT} STREQUAL "")
     string(TOUPPER ${EVENT__CODE_COMPONENT} _UPPER_COMPONENT)
 endif()
-find_package(Libevent 2.2.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${EVENT__LINK_COMPONENT})
+find_package(Libevent 2.1.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${EVENT__LINK_COMPONENT})
 add_definitions(-DEVENT_EXPORT_TEST_COMPONENT_${_UPPER_COMPONENT})
 add_executable(test-export test-export.c)
 target_link_libraries(test-export ${LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES})