diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c1f2887651..5234aaf063 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ subprojects = [
   ['gstreamer-vaapi', { 'option': get_option('vaapi'), 'build-hotdoc': true}],
   ['gst-omx', { 'option': get_option('omx'), 'build-hotdoc': true}],
   ['gstreamer-sharp', { 'option': get_option('sharp') }],
-  ['pygobject', { 'option': get_option('python'), 'match_gst_version': false, 'sysdep': 'pygobject-3.0', 'sysdep_version': '>= 3.38.1' }],
+  ['pygobject', { 'option': get_option('python'), 'match_gst_version': false, 'sysdep': 'pygobject-3.0', 'sysdep_version': '>= 3.8' }],
   ['gst-python', { 'option': get_option('python')}],
   ['gst-examples', { 'option': get_option('gst-examples'), 'match_gst_versions': false}],
   ['gst-plugins-rs', { 'option': get_option('rs'), 'match_gst_version': false}],