diff --git a/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-settings-daemon/pspec.xml b/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-settings-daemon/pspec.xml
index ddbaf74645..3f28351b79 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-settings-daemon/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-settings-daemon/pspec.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ GNOME Session and the applications that run under it.</Summary>
             <Dependency>nss-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libnma-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>vala</Dependency>            
+            <Dependency>vala-devel</Dependency>            
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Archive type="tarxz" sha1sum="5c9249cc5e89627bd548d7cfc9f839c7524ad85f">https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-settings-daemon/40/gnome-settings-daemon-40.0.1.tar.xz</Archive>
     </Source>