diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.12.0")
-set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.58.0")
+set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.61.0")
 set(INSTALL_SDDM_THEME TRUE)
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets Quick QuickWidgets Concurrent Test Network)
 find_package(ECM ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
diff --git a/applets/icon/iconapplet.cpp b/applets/icon/iconapplet.cpp
--- a/applets/icon/iconapplet.cpp
+++ b/applets/icon/iconapplet.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <KDesktopFile>
 #include <KFileItemActions>
 #include <KFileItemListProperties>
+#include <KFileUtils>
 #include <KJobWidgets>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KProtocolManager>
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@
         }
 
         QString backingDesktopFile = plasmaIconsFolderPath + QLatin1Char('/');
-        // KIO::suggestName always appends a suffix, i.e. it expects that we already know the file already exists
+        // KFileUtils::suggestName always appends a suffix, i.e. it expects that we already know the file already exists
         if (QFileInfo::exists(backingDesktopFile + desiredDesktopFileName)) {
-            desiredDesktopFileName = KIO::suggestName(QUrl::fromLocalFile(plasmaIconsFolderPath), desiredDesktopFileName);
+            desiredDesktopFileName = KFileUtils::suggestName(QUrl::fromLocalFile(plasmaIconsFolderPath), desiredDesktopFileName);
         }
         backingDesktopFile.append(desiredDesktopFileName);