diff --git a/tracext/git/PyGIT.py b/tracext/git/PyGIT.py
index 8e8f7d3..8885429 100644
--- a/tracext/git/PyGIT.py
+++ b/tracext/git/PyGIT.py
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-from future27 import namedtuple
+try:
+    from collections import namedtuple
+except ImportError:
+    from future27 import namedtuple
+
 
 import os, re, sys, time, weakref
 from collections import deque
diff --git a/tracext/git/git_fs.py b/tracext/git/git_fs.py
index 54eac17..e3fa8f7 100644
--- a/tracext/git/git_fs.py
+++ b/tracext/git/git_fs.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-if not sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 5):
-    raise TracError("Python >= 2.5 dependancy not met")
+if not sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 6):
+    raise TracError("Python >= 2.6 dependancy not met")
 
 import PyGIT