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"