diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index ae7df79e39..1f4e8a0648 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ sanity_check_babl (void)
 
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MINOR 1
-#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 114
+#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 116
 
   babl_get_version (&babl_major_version,
                     &babl_minor_version,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index eb4a46fb51..3910cd11f2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ winsock           = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('ws2_32') : no_dep
 mscms             = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('mscms') : no_dep
 atk_minver        = '2.4.0'
 atk               = dependency('atk',                version: '>='+atk_minver)
-babl_minver       = '0.1.114'
+babl_minver       = '0.1.116'
 babl              = dependency('babl-0.1',           version: '>='+babl_minver, required: false)
 if not babl.found()
   # babl changed its pkg-config name from 'babl' to 'babl-0.1' in version