diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ee79d0e8588afc9902417e1e256f1f9276b5769..3a9bf22fad1d1c42a94bea4cd6a5dcfccd740f02 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project('dynare-preprocessor', 'cpp',
         version : '6-unstable',
         # NB: update C++ standard in .clang-format whenever the following is modified
         default_options : [ 'cpp_std=gnu++20', 'warning_level=2' ],
-        meson_version : '>=0.64.0')
+        meson_version : '>=0.61.0')
 
 add_global_arguments('-DPACKAGE_VERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"', language : 'cpp')