diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9be4f71c06756231561735908354df7b183aad6d..165d113fa052b756e865ae1b7e0b3083bc33e878 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ AG_GST_CHECK_FUNCTION
 dnl *** checks for dependency libraries ***
 
 dnl GLib is required
-GLIB_REQ=2.40.0
+GLIB_REQ=2.44.0
 AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([$GLIB_REQ])
 
 ORC_CHECK([0.4.16])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9d28a5e8b04f344334de637018623c425725dfa4..edb75e93539ac326fb32a9e751ffd8a73bfd2231 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gst_version_is_dev = gst_version_minor % 2 == 1 and gst_version_micro < 90
 
 have_cxx = add_languages('cpp', required : false)
 
-glib_req = '>= 2.40.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
 gst_req = '>= @0@.@1@.0'.format(gst_version_major, gst_version_minor)
 
 api_version = '1.0'