diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d272ff33b1009fb6..abe58d040e5d1da3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libcamera', 'c', 'cpp',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.40',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.50',
   version : '0.1',
   default_options: [
     'werror=true',