diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index abfc2f4745..54c17c3f08 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ sanity_check_babl (void)
 
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define BABL_REQUIRED_MINOR 1
-#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 76
+#define BABL_REQUIRED_MICRO 78
 
   babl_get_version (&babl_major_version,
                     &babl_minor_version,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d89d6b2ed4..e37e6b1888 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ 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], [76])
+m4_define([babl_micro_version], [78])
 m4_define([babl_required_version],
           [babl_major_minor_version.babl_micro_version])
 m4_define([babl_required_version], [0.1.74])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5cf360a8ed..fbcb8c27e0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ dbghelp           = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('dbghelp') : no_dep
 winsock           = platform_windows ? cc.find_library('ws2_32') : no_dep
 atk_minver        = '2.4.0'
 atk               = dependency('atk',                version: '>='+atk_minver)
-babl_minver       = '0.1.76'
+babl_minver       = '0.1.78'
 babl              = dependency('babl',               version: '>='+babl_minver)
 cairo_minver      = '1.12.2'
 cairo             = dependency('cairo',              version: '>='+cairo_minver)