diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5641ffe32fb034abbe316311231448d2b616505e..c902dfa7da27a7ac85a9fa062ec7b4c1e0625395 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(
   'c',
   version: '0.49.0',
   license: 'GPLv3+',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.60.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 1.0',
   default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'buildtype=debugoptimized', 'c_std=gnu11'],
 )