diff --git a/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
index 7516ac381b413d..c37237839e1e72 100644
--- a/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.17
-	>=dev-util/meson-0.54.0
+	>=dev-util/meson-0.56.0
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "