diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c127455..722f069 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Verstion 1.0.2
     - Update documentation URL in README.md
+    - Set minimum dnspython version to 1.16 because previous versions can not
+      support the timeout parameter (LP: #1856546)
 
 2019-12-15 Version 1.0.1
     - Follow CNAMES when looking up key records when using DNS (pydns)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 840aa54..e1bd8f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ try:
     else:
         kw['install_requires'] = ['Py3DNS']
 except ImportError:  # If PyDNS is not installed, prefer dnspython
-    kw['install_requires'] = ['dnspython']
+    kw['install_requires'] = ['dnspython>=1.16.0']
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()