diff --git a/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build b/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
index 6c85393..b19405b 100644
--- a/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
+++ b/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ libmalcontent_ui_public_deps = [
   dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.44'),
   dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.54.2'),
   dependency('gobject-2.0', version: '>= 2.54'),
-  dependency('gtk4', version: '>= 4.6'),
+  gtk_dep,
   libadwaita_dep,
   libmalcontent_dep,
 ]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ libmalcontent_ui_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libmalcontent_ui,
 
 xmllint = find_program('xmllint', required: false)
 if xmllint.found()
-  gtk_prefix = dependency('gtk+-3.0').get_variable(pkgconfig: 'prefix')
+  gtk_prefix = gtk_dep.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'prefix')
   test(
     'validate-ui', xmllint,
     args: [
diff --git a/malcontent-control/meson.build b/malcontent-control/meson.build
index 515b56b..d7a9071 100644
--- a/malcontent-control/meson.build
+++ b/malcontent-control/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ malcontent_control = executable('malcontent-control',
     dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.44'),
     dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>= 2.54.2'),
     dependency('gobject-2.0', version: '>= 2.54'),
-    dependency('gtk4', version: '>= 4.6'),
+    gtk_dep,
     dependency('polkit-gobject-1'),
     libadwaita_dep,
     libmalcontent_dep,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ endif
 
 xmllint = find_program('xmllint', required: false)
 if xmllint.found()
-  gtk_prefix = dependency('gtk+-3.0').get_variable(pkgconfig: 'prefix')
+  gtk_prefix = gtk_dep.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'prefix')
   test(
     'validate-ui', xmllint,
     args: [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c90c4c5..e83f2e9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ else
                        'Malcontent-' + libmalcontent_api_version + '.typelib']
 endif
 if get_option('ui').enabled()
+  gtk_dep = dependency('gtk4', version: '>= 4.6')
   libadwaita_dep = dependency(
     'libadwaita-1',
     version: '>= 1.1',