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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The following dependencies are optional:
 
 For building zathura, the following dependencies are also required:
 
-* `meson` (>= 0.47)
+* `meson` (>= 0.56)
 * `gettext`
 
 The following dependencies are optional build-time only dependencies: