diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index afd98db4..c42cf2d6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('libfprint', [ 'c', 'cpp' ],
         'warning_level=1',
         'c_std=c99',
     ],
-    meson_version: '>= 0.46.0')
+    meson_version: '>= 0.49.0')
 
 gnome = import('gnome')