diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 32b51b16..a801cc52 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.56')
 dependency('cairo', version: '>= 1.16')
 dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0')
 dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.24.7')
-dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.0.0')
+dependency('libhandy-1', version: '>= 1.2.0')
 dependency('gtksourceview-4', version: '>= 4.0')
 dependency('gspell-1', version: '>= 1.8')