diff --git a/protocol/meson.build b/protocol/meson.build
index f27413dc..1228d15b 100644
--- a/protocol/meson.build
+++ b/protocol/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 dep_scanner = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true)
 prog_scanner = find_program(dep_scanner.get_pkgconfig_variable('wayland_scanner'))
 
-# XXX: For minor version 2 of zwp_linux_explicit_synchronization_v1, we
-# actually need a development version after 1.17, but there is no way to
-# express such a requirement at the moment.
-dep_wp = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>= 1.17')
+dep_wp = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>= 1.18')
 dir_wp_base = dep_wp.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
 
 install_data(