diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6160a4bb3..ef59222c3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ upower_glib_req = '>= 0.99.0'
 xcomposite_req = '>= 0.4'
 xkbcommon_req = '>= 0.4.3'
 xfixes_req = '>= 3'
-xi_req = '>= 1.6.99.1'
+xi_req = '>= 1.7.4'
 xrandr_req = '>= 1.5.0'
 libstartup_notification_req = '>= 0.7'
 libcanberra_req = '>= 0.26'