diff --git a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
index 5c28440..ae01b57 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/angstrom-2010-preferred-versions.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_automake = "1.11.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_automake-native = "1.11.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_busybox 	= "1.18.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo		= "1.10.0"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus 		= "1.2.24"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus 		= "1.4.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_dropbear      = "0.52"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_fontconfig	= "2.8.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 	= "2.28.0"