configure.ac                |  4 ++--
 libdleyna/renderer/device.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 libdleyna/renderer/upnp.c   |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git c/configure.ac i/configure.ac
index 271ee92..364659d 100644
--- c/configure.ac
+++ i/configure.ac
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ LT_LANG([C])
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG(0.16)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.28])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GIO], [gio-2.0 >= 2.28])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GSSDP], [gssdp-1.0 >= 0.13.2])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUPNP], [gupnp-1.0 >= 0.20.5])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GSSDP], [gssdp-1.2 >= 1.2.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUPNP], [gupnp-1.2 >= 1.2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUPNPAV], [gupnp-av-1.0 >= 0.11.5])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GUPNPDLNA], [gupnp-dlna-2.0 >= 0.9.4])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SOUP], [libsoup-2.4 >= 2.28.2])
diff --git c/libdleyna/renderer/device.c i/libdleyna/renderer/device.c
index 7acef89..f6d571e 100644
--- c/libdleyna/renderer/device.c
+++ i/libdleyna/renderer/device.c
@@ -2121,33 +2121,80 @@ exit:
 	return;
 }
 
+typedef struct
+{
+  GMainLoop *loop;
+  GUPnPServiceIntrospection *introspection;
+  GError **error;
+} GetIntrospectionAsyncData;
+
+static void
+get_introspection_async_cb (GUPnPServiceInfo           *info,
+                            GUPnPServiceIntrospection  *introspection,
+                            const GError               *error,
+                            gpointer                    user_data)
+{
+  GetIntrospectionAsyncData *data = user_data;
+  data->introspection = introspection;
+  if (data->error)
+    *data->error = g_error_copy (error);
+  g_main_loop_quit (data->loop);
+}
+
+static GUPnPServiceIntrospection *
+_gupnp_service_info_get_introspection (GUPnPServiceInfo *info,
+                                       GError          **error)
+{
+  GetIntrospectionAsyncData data;
+  GMainContext *context;
+
+  context = g_main_context_new ();
+  data.loop = g_main_loop_new (context, FALSE);
+  data.error = error;
+
+  g_main_context_push_thread_default (context);
+
+  gupnp_service_info_get_introspection_async (info,
+                                              get_introspection_async_cb,
+                                              &data);
+
+  g_main_loop_run (data.loop);
+
+  g_main_context_pop_thread_default (context);
+
+  g_main_loop_unref (data.loop);
+  g_main_context_unref (context);
+
+  return data.introspection;
+}
+
 static gboolean prv_get_av_service_states_values(GUPnPServiceProxy *av_proxy,
 						 GVariant **mpris_tp_speeds,
 						 GPtrArray **upnp_tp_speeds,
 						 double *min_rate,
 						 double *max_rate,
 						 gboolean *can_get_byte_pos)
 {
 	const GUPnPServiceStateVariableInfo *svi;
 	const GUPnPServiceActionInfo *sai;
 	GUPnPServiceIntrospection *introspection;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	GVariant *speeds = NULL;
 	GList *allowed_values;
 	gpointer weak_ref = NULL;
 	gboolean  device_alive = TRUE;
 
 	/* TODO: this weak_ref hack is needed as
 	   gupnp_service_info_get_introspection iterates the main loop.
 	   This can result in our device getting deleted before this
 	   function returns.  Ultimately, this code needs to be re-written
 	   to use gupnp_service_info_get_introspection_async but this cannot
 	   really be done until GUPnP provides a way to cancel this function. */
 
 	weak_ref = av_proxy;
 	g_object_add_weak_pointer(G_OBJECT(av_proxy), &weak_ref);
 
-	introspection = gupnp_service_info_get_introspection(
+	introspection = _gupnp_service_info_get_introspection(
 		GUPNP_SERVICE_INFO(av_proxy),
 		&error);
 
@@ -2215,7 +2262,7 @@ static gboolean prv_get_rc_service_states_values(GUPnPServiceProxy *rc_proxy,
 	weak_ref = rc_proxy;
 	g_object_add_weak_pointer(G_OBJECT(rc_proxy), &weak_ref);
 
-	introspection = gupnp_service_info_get_introspection(
+	introspection = _gupnp_service_info_get_introspection(
 		GUPNP_SERVICE_INFO(rc_proxy),
 		&error);
 
diff --git c/libdleyna/renderer/upnp.c i/libdleyna/renderer/upnp.c
index 17cbda7..068912b 100644
--- c/libdleyna/renderer/upnp.c
+++ i/libdleyna/renderer/upnp.c
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ static void prv_server_unavailable_cb(GUPnPControlPoint *cp,
 
 	udn = gupnp_device_info_get_udn((GUPnPDeviceInfo *)proxy);
 
-	ip_address = gupnp_context_get_host_ip(
-		gupnp_control_point_get_context(cp));
+	ip_address = gssdp_client_get_host_ip(
+		GSSDP_CLIENT(gupnp_control_point_get_context(cp)));
 
 	if (!udn || !ip_address)
 		goto on_error;