diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 464f096f..16bf715d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@
 * DECCRA not clamping or verifying the destination rectangle
   ([#2352][2352]).
 * Empty selection clearing the clipboard ([#2327][2327]).
+* Require xkbcommon >= 1.6.0. This has been the case for a while, due
+  to our use of `XKB_KEYSYM_MAX`. Now it is formalized in
+  `meson.build` ([#2379][2379]).
 
 [2353]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2353
 [2352]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2352
 [2327]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2327
+[2379]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/2379
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e4e83302..12f2a514 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ wayland_protocols = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.41',
                                default_options: ['tests=false'])
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client')
 wayland_cursor = dependency('wayland-cursor')
-xkb = dependency('xkbcommon', version: '>=1.0.0')
+xkb = dependency('xkbcommon', version: '>=1.6.0')
 fontconfig = dependency('fontconfig')
 utf8proc = dependency('libutf8proc', required: get_option('grapheme-clustering'))