diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 51f094b499..383154477d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('All GStreamer modules', 'c',
 gst_version = '>= @0@'.format(meson.project_version())
 gst_branch = 'master'
 
-glib_req = '>= 2.40.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
 
 build_system = build_machine.system()
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')