diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e9a7dd82de74..7c8bc6db6712 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ A C++ toolchain: [required]
         Either {g++, clang}
 
 Meson Build system: [required]
-        meson (>= 0.63) ninja-build pkg-config
+        meson (>= 1.0.1) ninja-build pkg-config
 
 for the libcamera core: [required]
         libyaml-dev python3-yaml python3-ply python3-jinja2
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d46b58bde4e7..ccf709d8aade 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 project('libcamera', 'c', 'cpp',
-    meson_version : '>= 0.63',
+    meson_version : '>= 1.0.1',
     version : '0.5.2',
     default_options : [
         'werror=true',