diff --git a/gdk4-wayland/Cargo.toml b/gdk4-wayland/Cargo.toml
index 249b7d0e1d4f..06cb24887ed0 100644
--- a/gdk4-wayland/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gdk4-wayland/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ gio = {git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core", version = "0.19", features
 glib = {git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core", version = "0.19", features = ["v2_66"]}
 libc = "0.2"
 wayland-client = {version = "0.30.0", optional = true}
-wayland-backend = {version = "0.1.0", optional = true, features = ["client_system"]}
+wayland-backend = {version = "0.2.0", optional = true, features = ["client_system"]}
 khronos-egl = {version = "5.0", optional = true}
 xkb = {version = "0.3", optional = true}