diff --git a/ext/opencv/meson.build b/ext/opencv/meson.build
index d9bc871126a304d5ddb8fb3695b7258d0e25decb..8434628e5f6b26bcaaa5f53e8cde55a5c48c0f4c 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/meson.build
+++ b/ext/opencv/meson.build
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if opencv_found
     endif
   endforeach
 else
-  opencv_dep = dependency('opencv4', version : ['>= 4.0.0', '< 4.2.0'], required : false)
+  opencv_dep = dependency('opencv4', version : ['>= 4.0.0', '< 4.5.0'], required : false)
   opencv_found = opencv_dep.found()
   if opencv_found
     foreach h : libopencv4_headers