diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f28595599..5cc59591c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ else
     icu_dep = dependency('icu-i18n', required:false, static:static_linkage)
 endif
 
-gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', main:true, fallback:['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'], required:false)
+gtest_dep = dependency('gtest', version: '>=1.10.0', main:true, fallback:['gtest', 'gtest_main_dep'], required:false)
 
 inc = include_directories('include')