diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index faa2d010..a0b7c830 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ icu_uc = dependency('icu-uc', version: '>=60')
 iso_codes = dependency('iso-codes')
 javascriptcoregtk = dependency('javascriptcoregtk-4.1', version: '>=' + target_webkit)
 json_glib = dependency('json-glib-1.0', version: '>= 1.0')
-libhandy = dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.2.1', required: false)
+libhandy = dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.6', required: false)
 libmath = cc.find_library('m')
 libpeas = dependency('libpeas-1.0', version: '>= 1.24.0')
 libsecret = dependency('libsecret-1', version: '>= 0.11')