diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 3082285dc0..5408aa3154 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Requires: libvirt-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 # listed against each sub-RPM
 BuildRequires: python3-docutils
 BuildRequires: gcc
-BuildRequires: meson >= 0.54.0
+BuildRequires: meson >= 0.56.0
 BuildRequires: ninja-build
 BuildRequires: git
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2d19d4b735..93de355430 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'libvirt', 'c',
   version: '8.9.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.54.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'b_pie=true',