diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/meson.build b/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
index 655a930f7..274ee7b47 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-nfs_dep = dependency('libnfs', version: '>= 4', required: get_option('nfs'))
+nfs_dep = dependency('libnfs', version: ['>= 4', '< 6'], required: get_option('nfs'))
 conf.set('ENABLE_NFS', nfs_dep.found())
 if not nfs_dep.found()
   subdir_done()