diff --git a/src/nix/meson.build b/src/nix/meson.build
index 3cb45f1f5..901021330 100644
--- a/src/nix/meson.build
+++ b/src/nix/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project('nix', 'cpp',
     'errorlogs=true', # Please print logs for tests that fail
     'localstatedir=/nix/var',
   ],
-  meson_version : '>= 1.1',
+  meson_version : '>= 1.4',
   license : 'LGPL-2.1-or-later',
 )