diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 298d8c31..9b57d050 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ostree (2021.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
+    - Increase build-dependency to GLib 2.44
   * Re-enable gjs tests on architectures where it is available
 
  -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Jul 2021 16:53:31 +0100
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 58652f95..f5e11194 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libcap-dev,
  libfuse-dev,
  libgirepository1.0-dev,
- libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.40.0),
+ libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.44.0),
  libgpgme-dev,
  liblzma-dev,
  libmount-dev (>= 2.23),
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Multi-Arch: same
 Section: libdevel
 Depends:
  gir1.2-ostree-1.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
- libglib2.0-dev,
+ libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.44.0),
  libostree-1-1 (= ${binary:Version}),
  pkg-config,
  ${misc:Depends},