diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 767674e1e8486da884d7ffc0d2fe0d586c3ba9e6..2b158fe14eef8234f8c709ecbdc5aa703b1d60a6 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   end
 
   def check_gitlab_shell
-    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 7, 9)
+    required_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.new(1, 8, 4)
     current_version = Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(gitlab_shell_version)
 
     print "GitLab Shell version >= #{required_version} ? ... "