diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index 351366f0af..13834df148 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ sanity_check_gegl (void)
 
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MAJOR 0
 #define GEGL_REQUIRED_MINOR 4
-#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 22
+#define GEGL_REQUIRED_MICRO 23
 
   gegl_get_version (&gegl_major_version,
                     &gegl_minor_version,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 25256a8c5d..da02e3d227 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ m4_define([fontconfig_required_version], [2.12.4])
 m4_define([freetype2_required_version], [2.1.7])
 m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [2.30.8])
 m4_define([gegl_major_minor_version], [0.4])
-m4_define([gegl_micro_version], [22])
+m4_define([gegl_micro_version], [23])
 m4_define([gegl_required_version],
           [gegl_major_minor_version.gegl_micro_version])
 m4_define([gexiv2_required_version], [0.10.6])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 77b112477f..06428caed6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ freetype2_minver  = '2.1.7'
 freetype2         = dependency('freetype2',          version: '>='+freetype2_minver)
 gdk_pixbuf_minver = '2.30.8'
 gdk_pixbuf        = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0',     version: '>='+gdk_pixbuf_minver)
-gegl_minver       = '0.4.22'
+gegl_minver       = '0.4.23'
 gegl              = dependency('gegl-0.4',           version: '>='+gegl_minver)
 gexiv2_minver     = '0.10.6'
 gexiv2            = dependency('gexiv2',             version: '>='+gexiv2_minver)