diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index af16eaa62..4949de36e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ libgvc = subproject(
 )
 libgvc_dep = libgvc.get_variable('libgvc_dep')
 
-libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>= 0.0.8', required: false)
+libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>= 0.0.9', required: false)
 if not libhandy_dep.found()
   libhandy = subproject(
     'libhandy',
diff --git a/subprojects/libhandy b/subprojects/libhandy
index 3721b490b..56b0aa62f 160000
--- a/subprojects/libhandy
+++ b/subprojects/libhandy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3721b490b6aacd0a8c755bf445b0a91ee9c347bc
+Subproject commit 56b0aa62f6251ee19a88fc208b7ca8dcf9c9633c