diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
index 7aa5ed78d5..7c2696cfa1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-neon_dep = dependency('neon', version: ['>= 0.27', '<= 0.33.99'],
-                      required : get_option('neon'))
+neon_dep = dependency('neon', version: '>= 0.27', required: get_option('neon'))
 
 if neon_dep.found()
   gstneon = library('gstneonhttpsrc',