diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 733afdc9b..7c462b813 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Maintainer: Kiwix team <kiwix@kiwix.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
  meson,
  pkg-config,
- libzim-dev (>= 6.1.8),
+ libzim-dev (>= 7.2.0),
  libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
  libicu-dev,
  libgtest-dev,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: libkiwix10 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, python3,
- libzim-dev (>= 6.0.0),
+ libzim-dev (>= 7.2.0),
  libicu-dev,
  libpugixml-dev,
  libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2512f9ce5..a46a959ee 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ else
   error('Cannot found header mustache.hpp')
 endif
 
-libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version : '>=7.1.0', static:static_deps)
+libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version : '>=7.2.0', static:static_deps)
 if not compiler.has_header_symbol('zim/zim.h', 'LIBZIM_WITH_XAPIAN')
   error('Libzim seems to be compiled without xapian. Xapian support is mandatory.')
 endif