diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 596c8842a..4f1dfd9ab 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ pkgmod.generate(libharfbuzz,
 
 pkgmod.generate(libharfbuzz_subset,
   description: 'HarfBuzz font subsetter',
-  requires: ['harfbuzz'],
+  requires: ['harfbuzz = @0@'.format(meson.project_version())],
   subdirs: [meson.project_name()],
   version: meson.project_version(),
 )
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ if have_icu and not have_icu_builtin
 
   pkgmod.generate(libharfbuzz_icu,
     description: 'HarfBuzz text shaping library ICU integration',
-    requires: ['harfbuzz'],
+    requires: ['harfbuzz = @0@'.format(meson.project_version())],
     subdirs: [meson.project_name()],
     version: meson.project_version(),
   )
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ if have_gobject
 
   pkgmod.generate(libharfbuzz_gobject,
     description: 'HarfBuzz text shaping library GObject integration',
-    requires: ['harfbuzz', 'glib-2.0', 'gobject-2.0'],
+    requires: ['harfbuzz = @0@'.format(meson.project_version()), 'glib-2.0', 'gobject-2.0'],
     subdirs: [meson.project_name()],
     version: meson.project_version(),
   )