diff --git a/examples/egl/testegl.c b/examples/egl/testegl.c
index 615a8fee3d..b7e77450e8 100644
--- a/examples/egl/testegl.c
+++ b/examples/egl/testegl.c
@@ -1495,12 +1495,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   state->current_buffer = NULL;
   state->caps = NULL;
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 31, 0)
-  /* must initialise the threading system before using any other GLib funtion */
-  if (!g_thread_supported ())
-    g_thread_init (NULL);
-#endif
-
   ctx = g_option_context_new ("[ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS]");
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, options, NULL);
   g_option_context_add_group (ctx, gst_init_get_option_group ());
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8945dd8124..7db071c565 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else
   gst_version_nano = 0
 endif
 
-glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.56.0'
 gst_req = '>= @0@.@1@.0'.format(gst_version_major, gst_version_minor)
 tizil_req = '>= 0.19.0'
 api_version = '1.0'