diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 712678e4..3dbe2ebd 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 To compile Irssi you need:
 
 - meson-0.49 build system with ninja-1.5 or greater
-- glib-2.28 or greater
+- glib-2.32 or greater
 - openssl (for ssl support)
 - perl-5.6 or greater (for Perl support)
 - terminfo or ncurses (for text frontend)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b857eeb..08be65b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ make && sudo make install
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- [glib-2.28](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib) or greater
+- [glib-2.32](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib) or greater
 - [openssl](https://www.openssl.org/)
 - [perl-5.6](https://www.perl.org/) or greater (for perl support)
 - terminfo or ncurses (for text frontend)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cafd2970..41a053fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ for try in 1 2; do
     echo "*** trying without -lgmodule"
     glib_modules=
   fi
-  AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.28.0,,, $glib_modules)
+  AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.32.0,,, $glib_modules)
   if test "$GLIB_LIBS"; then
     if test $glib_modules = gmodule; then
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GMODULE)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f54db548..bd076a4d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ message('*** Or alternatively install your distribution\'s package')
 message('*** On Debian: sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev')
 message('*** On Redhat: dnf install glib2-devel')
 if not require_glib_internal
-  glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version : '>=2.28', required : not want_glib_internal, static : want_static_dependency)
+  glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version : '>=2.32', required : not want_glib_internal, static : want_static_dependency)
 else
   glib_dep = dependency('', required : false)
 endif