diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c6942a89ab..cadb735000 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
                 'localstatedir=/var',
                 'warning_level=2',
         ],
-        meson_version : '>= 0.55.0',
+        meson_version : '>= 0.56.0',
        )
 
 libsystemd_version = '0.36.0'
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/meson.build b/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
index 5fe7611b71..24cb785e6b 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bashcompletiondir = get_option('bashcompletiondir')
 if bashcompletiondir == ''
         bash_completion = dependency('bash-completion', required : false)
         if bash_completion.found()
-                bashcompletiondir = bash_completion.get_pkgconfig_variable('completionsdir')
+                bashcompletiondir = bash_completion.get_variable(pkgconfig : 'completionsdir')
         else
                 bashcompletiondir = datadir / 'bash-completion/completions'
         endif