diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f4112765..dc90b279 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
   **must** now be written as either `Control+C` or `Control+Shift+c`,
   the latter being the preferred
   variant. (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/376)
+* The minimum version requirement for the libxkbcommon dependency is
+  now 1.0.0.
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f17ab7ef..5783731a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pixman = dependency('pixman-1')
 wayland_protocols = dependency('wayland-protocols')
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
 wayland_cursor = dependency('wayland-cursor')
-xkb = dependency('xkbcommon')
+xkb = dependency('xkbcommon', version: '>=1.0.0')
 fontconfig = dependency('fontconfig')
 
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.4', fallback: 'tllist')