diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index eb51f0509c..7fb6a4ba6d 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ sanity_check_babl (void)
 
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MINOR 1
-#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 78
+#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 98
 
   babl_get_version (&babl_major_version,
                     &babl_minor_version,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index df24b54558..6f0ff8a5fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ m4_define([alsa_required_version], [1.0.0])
 m4_define([appstream_glib_required_version], [0.7.7])
 m4_define([atk_required_version], [2.4.0])
 m4_define([babl_major_minor_version], [0.1])
-m4_define([babl_micro_version], [78])
+m4_define([babl_micro_version], [98])
 m4_define([babl_required_version],
           [babl_major_minor_version.babl_micro_version])
-m4_define([babl_required_version], [0.1.74])
 m4_define([cairo_required_version], [1.14.0])
 m4_define([cairo_pdf_required_version], [1.12.2])
 m4_define([fontconfig_required_version], [2.12.4])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1e2c4f09c5..a8f66270e0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ winsock           = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('ws2_32') : no_dep
 mscms             = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('mscms') : no_dep
 atk_minver        = '2.4.0'
 atk               = dependency('atk',                version: '>='+atk_minver)
-babl_minver       = '0.1.78'
+babl_minver       = '0.1.98'
 babl              = dependency('babl',               version: '>='+babl_minver)
 cairo_minver      = '1.12.2'
 cairo             = dependency('cairo',              version: '>='+cairo_minver)