diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 610d767..2b9f07d 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ depends=(
   'libudev.so'
   'json-c'
   'libmpdclient'
-  'fcft>=1.0.0')
+  'fcft>=1.1.0')
 optdepends=('xcb-util-errors: better X error messages')
 source=()
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index fb8e6b7..d10ce04 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ conf_to_color(const struct yml_node *node)
 struct font *
 conf_to_font(const struct yml_node *node)
 {
-    return font_from_name(&(const char *){yml_value_as_string(node)}, 1, NULL);
+    return font_from_name(1, &(const char *){yml_value_as_string(node)}, NULL);
 }
 
 struct deco *
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ conf_to_bar(const struct yml_node *bar, enum bar_backend backend)
      * and particles. This allows us to specify a default font and
      * foreground color at top-level.
      */
-    struct font *font = font_from_name(&(const char *){"sans"}, 1, NULL);
+    struct font *font = font_from_name(1, &(const char *){"sans"}, NULL);
     pixman_color_t foreground = {0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff}; /* White */
 
     const struct yml_node *font_node = yml_get_value(bar, "font");
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 22f501f..6b289ad 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: ['>=1.0.0', '<2.0.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
+fcft = dependency('fcft', version: ['>=1.1.0', '<1.2.0'], fallback: ['fcft', 'fcft'])
 
 add_project_arguments(
   ['-D_GNU_SOURCE'] +