diff --git a/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build b/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
index b7b691659..cf67c51cb 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if not get_option('backend-vnc')
 endif
 
 config_h.set('BUILD_VNC_COMPOSITOR', '1')
-dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.7.0', '< 0.8.0'], required: false, fallback: ['neatvnc', 'neatvnc_dep'])
+dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.7.0', '< 0.10.0'], required: false, fallback: ['neatvnc', 'neatvnc_dep'])
 if not dep_neatvnc.found()
 	error('VNC backend requires neatvnc which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-vnc=false\'.')
 endif