diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index 4eade5a2c4..fa077cd7d2 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ sanity_check_gegl (void)
 
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR 4
-#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 54
+#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 56
 
   gegl_get_version (&gegl_major_version,
                     &gegl_minor_version,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 63ec7d0262..bf202e0908 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ freetype2_minver  = '2.1.7'
 freetype2         = dependency('freetype2',          version: '>='+freetype2_minver)
 gdk_pixbuf_minver = '2.30.8'
 gdk_pixbuf        = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0',     version: '>='+gdk_pixbuf_minver)
-gegl_minver       = '0.4.54'
+gegl_minver       = '0.4.56'
 gegl              = dependency('gegl-0.4',           version: '>='+gegl_minver)
 exiv2_minver      = '0.27.4'
 exiv2             = dependency('exiv2',              version: '>='+exiv2_minver)