diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 597a32e9c98..27847afb706 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ endif
 dep_spirv_tools = dependency(
   'SPIRV-Tools',
   required : with_clc,
-  version : '>= 2022.1'
+  version : '>= 2024.1'
 )
 if dep_spirv_tools.found()
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_SPIRV_TOOLS'
diff --git a/src/compiler/clc/clc_helpers.cpp b/src/compiler/clc/clc_helpers.cpp
index fb2f2fdeb91..62817bbc682 100644
--- a/src/compiler/clc/clc_helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler/clc/clc_helpers.cpp
@@ -1289,6 +1289,7 @@ clc_link_spirv_binaries(const struct clc_linker_args *args,
    context.SetMessageConsumer(msgconsumer);
    spvtools::LinkerOptions options;
    options.SetAllowPartialLinkage(args->create_library);
+   options.SetUseHighestVersion(true);
    #if defined(HAS_SPIRV_LINK_LLVM_WORKAROUND) && LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 17
       options.SetAllowPtrTypeMismatch(true);
    #endif