diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 27a91910898991dc2c4f59f5eb908788300739cb..4732c356a517e57ed4ccd110bd358654440240c6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 project(
   'briar-gtk',
   version: '0.1.0',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.40.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
 )
 
 i18n = import('i18n')