diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e6dd0b9..5e29b1c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ project('webfuse', 'c', 'cpp', version: '0.6.0', license: 'LGPL-3.0+')
 
 without_tests = get_option('without_tests')
 
-libwebsockets_dep = dependency('libwebsockets', version: '>=4.0.0', required: false)
-
-libfuse_dep = dependency('fuse3', version: '>=3.1.0', required: false)
+libwebsockets_dep = dependency('libwebsockets', version: '>=4.0.0')
+libfuse_dep = dependency('fuse3', version: '>=3.1.0')
 
 pkg_config = import('pkgconfig')