diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 129aa52c..65ba117b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ gsettings_desktop_schemas_dep = dependency('gsettings-desktop-schemas')
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.20.0')
 gspell_dep = dependency('gspell-1', version: '>= 1.8.1')
 gtksourceview_dep = dependency('gtksourceview-4', version: '>= 4.0.3')
-libgit2_glib_dep = dependency('libgit2-glib-1.0', version: ['>= 1.1.0'])
+libgit2_glib_dep = dependency('libgit2-glib-1.0', version: ['>= 1.2.0'])
 libpeas_dep = dependency('libpeas-1.0')
 libsecret_dep = dependency('libsecret-1')
 libxml_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0', version: '>= 2.9.0')