diff --git a/doc/user.rst b/doc/user.rst
index 31cd80fdc..a3d318102 100644
--- a/doc/user.rst
+++ b/doc/user.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ and unpack it (or `clone the git repository
In any case, you need:
* a C++17 compiler (e.g. GCC 8 or clang 7)
-* `Meson 0.49.0 `__ and `Ninja
+* `Meson 0.56.0 `__ and `Ninja
`__
* Boost 1.58
* pkg-config
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ This section is about the latter.
You need:
* `mingw-w64 `__
-* `Meson 0.49.0 `__ and `Ninja
+* `Meson 0.56.0 `__ and `Ninja
`__
* cmake
* pkg-config
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ You need:
* Android SDK
* `Android NDK r23 `_
-* `Meson 0.49.0 `__ and `Ninja
+* `Meson 0.56.0 `__ and `Ninja
`__
* cmake
* pkg-config
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 84d7d5106..9eadd1187 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
'mpd',
['c', 'cpp'],
version: '0.23~git',
- meson_version: '>= 0.49.0',
+ meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
default_options: [
'c_std=c11',
'build.c_std=c11',