diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7bcec7d4e8da10425ef56072366dad225dbd305e..0b129cc80f5dffe88dee90f38d740fe977f160da 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project('xserver', 'c',
             'c_std=gnu99',
         ],
         version: '21.1.99.1',
-        meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
+        meson_version: '>= 0.52.0',
 )
 release_date = '2021-07-05'