diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index 0b3a1bc..79c88a1 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -2750,8 +2750,7 @@ HAVE_XWIDGETS=no

 XWIDGETS_OBJ=

 if test "$with_xwidgets" != "no"; then

   if test "$USE_GTK_TOOLKIT" = "GTK3" && test "$window_system" != "none"; then

-    WEBKIT_REQUIRED=2.12

-    WEBKIT_MODULES="webkit2gtk-4.0 >= $WEBKIT_REQUIRED"

+    WEBKIT_MODULES="webkit2gtk-4.1"

     EMACS_CHECK_MODULES([WEBKIT], [$WEBKIT_MODULES])

     HAVE_XWIDGETS=$HAVE_WEBKIT

     XWIDGETS_OBJ="xwidget.o"