diff --git a/media-sound/mpd/mpd-0.21.20.recipe b/media-sound/mpd/mpd-0.21.20.recipe
index bcbf3ef46..1a2af25a0 100644
--- a/media-sound/mpd/mpd-0.21.20.recipe
+++ b/media-sound/mpd/mpd-0.21.20.recipe
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libavcodec$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libavformat$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libavutil$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.58
+	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.69
 	devel:libbz2$secondaryArchSuffix
 #	devel:libcdio$secondaryArchSuffix
 #	devel:libcdio_paranoia$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 #	cmd:avahi_client$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:diff
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:meson
+	cmd:meson >= 0.55.0
 	cmd:ninja
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:xres