diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9918c4bbb6..625de7bc8d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ mscms             = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('mscms') : no_dep
 
 atk_minver        = '2.4.0'
 atk               = dependency('atk',                version: '>='+atk_minver)
-babl_minver       = '0.1.116'
+babl_minver       = '0.1.118'
 babl              = dependency('babl-0.1',           version: '>='+babl_minver)
 # TODO: we want to bump to Cairo 1.17.2 when possible in order to use
 # CAIRO_FORMAT_RGBA128F unconditionally. At time of writing, it's not possible