diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcf3f6e9ee..3b596021cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(socket,,[AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname,,[AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,gethostbyname)])
 
 dnl GLib is required
-GLIB_REQ=2.40.0
+GLIB_REQ=2.44.0
 AG_GST_GLIB_CHECK([$GLIB_REQ])
 
 dnl Needed by plugins that use g_module_*() API
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 897532ede6..6a2ba6bd32 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ else
 endif
 gst_version_is_dev = gst_version_minor % 2 == 1 and gst_version_micro < 90
 
-glib_req = '>= 2.40.0'
+glib_req = '>= 2.44.0'
 orc_req = '>= 0.4.17'
 gst_req = '>= @0@.@1@.0'.format(gst_version_major, gst_version_minor)