diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 44397b12..cca0a644 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('sysprof', ['c', 'cpp'],
           license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later',
           version: '45.alpha',
-    meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
+    meson_version: '>=0.62.0',
   default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu17',
                      'cpp_std=gnu++17',
                      'warning_level=2',
diff --git a/src/preload/meson.build b/src/preload/meson.build
index 9c39af50..924a6ddf 100644
--- a/src/preload/meson.build
+++ b/src/preload/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libdl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
+libdl_dep = dependency('dl', required: false)
 
 preload_deps = [
   dependency('glib-2.0'),