diff --git a/data/misc/meson.build b/data/misc/meson.build
index 0c88f51b..00b61c37 100644
--- a/data/misc/meson.build
+++ b/data/misc/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ appdir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
 metainfodir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo')
 mimedir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'mime', 'packages')
 desktop_utils = find_program('desktop-file-validate', required: false)
+appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli', required: false)
 
 if get_option('gtk-frontend')
   if get_option('install-appdata')
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ if get_option('gtk-frontend')
       install_dir: metainfodir
     )
 
-    appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli', required: false)
     if appstreamcli.found()
       test('Validate net.zoite.Zoitechat.appdata.xml', appstreamcli,
         args: ['validate', zoitechat_appdata]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 054074f9..7119a8e4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('zoitechat', 'c',
   version: run_command('cat', 'VERSION', check: true).stdout().strip(),
-  meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c17',
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
diff --git a/plugins/sysinfo/meson.build b/plugins/sysinfo/meson.build
index a2e4ce68..c95ebc01 100644
--- a/plugins/sysinfo/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/sysinfo/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if system == 'linux' or system == 'gnu' or system.startswith('gnu/') or system =
       sysinfo_cargs += '-DHAVE_LIBPCI'
       sysinfo_sources += 'unix/pci.c'
 
-      picidsdir = libpci.get_pkgconfig_variable('idsdir')
+      picidsdir = libpci.get_variable(pkgconfig : 'idsdir') 
       pciids = join_paths(picidsdir, 'pci.ids')
       sysinfo_cargs += '-DPCIIDS_FILE="@0@"'.format(pciids)
     endif
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/meson.build b/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
index a211b05a..63e8b79b 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ zoitechat_theme_lib = static_library('zoitechat_theme',
 iso_codes = dependency('iso-codes', required: false)
 if iso_codes.found()
   zoitechat_gtk_sources += 'sexy-iso-codes.c'
-  iso_codes_prefix = iso_codes.get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix')
+  iso_codes_prefix = iso_codes.get_variable(pkgconfig : 'prefix')
   zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DISO_CODES_PREFIX="@0@"'.format(iso_codes_prefix)
   zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DISO_CODES_LOCALEDIR="@0@"'.format(
                         join_paths(iso_codes_prefix, 'share/locale'))
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ executable('zoitechat',
   link_args: zoitechat_gtk_ldflags,
   pie: true,
   install: true,
-  gui_app: true,
+  win_subsystem: 'windows',
 )
 
 emoji_ui_tests = executable('emoji_ui_tests',