diff --git a/src/gstreamer/meson.build b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
index 90773af..269b8b6 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/src/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ libcamera_gst_c_args = [
     '-DPACKAGE="@0@"'.format(meson.project_name()),
 ]
 
-gst_req = '>=1.16.1'
+gst_req = '>=1.14.0'
 gstvideo_dep = dependency('gstreamer-video-1.0', version : gst_req,
                           required : get_option('gstreamer'))
 gstallocator_dep = dependency('gstreamer-allocators-1.0', version : gst_req,