diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 37b40cb8..69a7fdfb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif
 
 cargo = find_program('cargo', version:'>=1.40')
 cargo_wrapper = find_program('cargo_wrapper.py')
-cargo_c = find_program('cargo-cbuild', version:'>=0.9.3', required: false)
+cargo_c = find_program('cargo-cbuild', version:'>=0.9.21', required: false)
 
 rustc = meson.get_compiler('rust')