diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d9579fc02..375220511 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.23.12 (not yet released)
+* input
+  - curl: require CURL 7.55.0 or later
 * tags
   - fix crash bug due to race condition
 * fix build failures with GCC 13
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/meson.build b/src/lib/curl/meson.build
index a0f9647fb..e1cc8adcf 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/curl/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-curl_dep = dependency('libcurl', version: '>= 7.33', required: get_option('curl'))
+curl_dep = dependency('libcurl', version: '>= 7.55', required: get_option('curl'))
 conf.set('ENABLE_CURL', curl_dep.found())
 if not curl_dep.found()
   subdir_done()