diff --git a/libweston/input.c b/libweston/input.c
index 0e87a4bb..94e1470d 100644
--- a/libweston/input.c
+++ b/libweston/input.c
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ weston_seat_init(struct weston_seat *seat, struct weston_compositor *ec,
 	wl_signal_init(&seat->destroy_signal);
 	wl_signal_init(&seat->updated_caps_signal);
 
-	seat->global = wl_global_create(ec->wl_display, &wl_seat_interface, 5,
+	seat->global = wl_global_create(ec->wl_display, &wl_seat_interface, 6,
 					seat, bind_seat);
 
 	seat->compositor = ec;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 75b221f6..989151e5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ if dep_xkbcommon.version().version_compare('>= 0.5.0')
 	config_h.set('HAVE_XKBCOMMON_COMPOSE', '1')
 endif
 
-dep_wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server', version: '>= 1.12.0')
-dep_wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client', version: '>= 1.12.0')
+dep_wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server', version: '>= 1.17.0')
+dep_wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client', version: '>= 1.17.0')
 dep_pixman = dependency('pixman-1', version: '>= 0.25.2')
 dep_libinput = dependency('libinput', version: '>= 0.8.0')
 dep_libevdev = dependency('libevdev')