diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.64.2.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.64.2.ebuild
index 21873ac96c91b..10cf451a638aa 100644
--- a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.64.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.64.2.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.32"
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.48"
 
 inherit gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
 
diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.66.2.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.66.2.ebuild
index 5d00801b3f564..3d4b54d8096a9 100644
--- a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.66.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.66.2.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 VALA_USE_DEPEND="vapigen"
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.32"
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.48"
 
 inherit gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg