diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c1739c6..7305c47 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'fcft>=0.4.0')
+  'fcft>=0.4.2')
 optdepends=('xcb-util-errors: better X error messages')
 source=()
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
index 0f3f92a..02ba7b3 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
+++ b/PKGBUILD.wayland-only
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'fcft>=0.2.0')
+  'fcft>=0.4.2')
 source=()
 
 pkgver() {
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c2ce610..633ad0f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ backend_wayland = wayland_client.found() and wayland_cursor.found() and wlroots.
 
 # "My" dependencies, fallback to subproject
 tllist = dependency('tllist', version: '>=1.0.0', fallback: ['tllist', 'tllist'])
-fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=0.4.0', '<0.5.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
+fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=0.4.2', '<0.5.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
 
 add_project_arguments(
   ['-D_GNU_SOURCE'] +