diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 419bd52a89..02f7b36d9f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ project('gst-libav', 'c', 'cpp',
 
 gst_version = meson.project_version()
 version_arr = gst_version.split('.')
-gst_version_major = version_arr[0]
-gst_version_minor = version_arr[1]
-gst_version_micro = version_arr[2]
-gst_version_nano = version_arr.get(3, 0)
+gst_version_major = version_arr[0].to_int()
+gst_version_minor = version_arr[1].to_int()
+gst_version_micro = version_arr[2].to_int()
+ if version_arr.length() == 4
+  gst_version_nano = version_arr[3].to_int()
+else
+  gst_version_nano = 0
+endif
 
 libavfilter_dep = dependency('libavfilter', version: '>= 6.47.100')
 libavformat_dep = dependency('libavformat', version: '>= 57.41.100')