diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 77d941ea1..c85fdf4d0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('flashromutils', 'c',
   version : run_command('cat', 'VERSION', check: true).stdout().strip(),
   license : 'GPL-2.0',
-  meson_version : '>=0.53.0',
+  meson_version : '>=0.56.0',
   default_options : [
     'warning_level=2',
     'c_std=c99',