diff --git a/README b/README
index cc0782ecbf1..fa5d3aca1b9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         libcryptsetup (optional), >= 2.3.0 required for signed Verity images support
         libaudit (optional)
         libacl (optional)
-        libbpf >= 0.2.0 (optional)
+        libbpf >= 0.7.0 (optional)
         libfdisk >= 2.32 (from util-linux) (optional)
         libselinux (optional)
         liblzma (optional)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e76cc1dc6be..0b5fdd17374 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ want_bpf_framework = get_option('bpf-framework')
 bpf_compiler = get_option('bpf-compiler')
 bpf_framework_required = want_bpf_framework == 'true'
 
-libbpf_version_requirement = '>= 0.2.0'
+libbpf_version_requirement = '>= 0.7.0'
 if bpf_compiler == 'gcc'
         libbpf_version_requirement = '>= 1.0.0'
 endif
diff --git a/mkosi.build b/mkosi.build
index 1154e738f4c..07f9bb21a69 100755
--- a/mkosi.build
+++ b/mkosi.build
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$BUILDDIR"/build.ninja ] ; then
                 -D gnu-efi=true \
                 -D kernel-install=true \
                 -D analyze=true \
-                -D bpf-framework=true
+                -D bpf-framework=auto
 fi
 
 cd "$BUILDDIR"