diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9f94162c60..dfcc963227 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ else
         project_minor_version = '0'
 endif
 
-libsystemd_version = '0.40.0'
-libudev_version = '1.7.10'
+libsystemd_version = '0.41.0'
+libudev_version = '1.7.11'
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set_quoted('PROJECT_URL', 'https://systemd.io/')
diff --git a/meson.version b/meson.version
index cbfbd723dc..8306ebfc2e 100644
--- a/meson.version
+++ b/meson.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-258~devel
+258~rc1