diff --git a/README b/README
index ea3ff33e0888018f089d1232a8fe4e11c00302d3..a1e4a8f3806b24290332a559f74833476beb2fbd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Requirements
 meson (>= 0.47)
 gtk3 (>= 3.22)
 glib (>= 2.50)
-girara (>= 0.2.8)
+girara (>= 0.3.2)
 sqlite3 (optional, >= 3.5.9)
 check (optional build dependency, for tests)
 libmagic from file(1) (optional, for mime-type detection)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e200be51f28306c17a195354a3b936d11b65e67a..cbda5e2b4b59009cd1f6229c03f0d404b3ea5aa8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ plugindir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'zathura')
 
 # required dependencies
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
-girara = dependency('girara-gtk3', version: '>=0.2.9')
+girara = dependency('girara-gtk3', version: '>=0.3.2')
 glib = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>=2.50')
 gio = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required: host_machine.system() != 'windows')
 gthread = dependency('gthread-2.0', version: '>=2.50')