diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index ae724d7..ab58121 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+
+comptime {
+    const required_zig = "0.12.0-dev.2150+63de8a598";
+    const current_zig = builtin.zig_version;
+    const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse(required_zig) catch unreachable;
+    if (current_zig.order(min_zig) == .lt) {
+        @compileError(std.fmt.comptimePrint(
+            "Your Zig version v{} does not meet the minimum build requirement of v{}",
+            .{ current_zig, min_zig },
+        ));
+    }
+}
 
 // Although this function looks imperative, note that its job is to
 // declaratively construct a build graph that will be executed by an external
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 04ee039..974dc1c 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1704161960,
-        "narHash": "sha256-QGua89Pmq+FBAro8NriTuoO/wNaUtugt29/qqA8zeeM=",
+        "lastModified": 1704842529,
+        "narHash": "sha256-OTeQA+F8d/Evad33JMfuXC89VMetQbsU4qcaePchGr4=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "63143ac2c9186be6d9da6035fa22620018c85932",
+        "rev": "eabe8d3eface69f5bb16c18f8662a702f50c20d5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1704542888,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Fb8tc4cXUkWw+Fva6JKbjkFFpZwu4c+ictSAQGEYjIM=",
+        "lastModified": 1705040559,
+        "narHash": "sha256-6SjLyxWAVMfVfkz2x/3IlAJBJ0ywus6Hr9JrBbT9zCk=",
         "owner": "mitchellh",
         "repo": "zig-overlay",
-        "rev": "112cfb72e47cb85d17fc8075a4d70ab56964453d",
+        "rev": "6022b38d2fd4e7504f1e8b6dcfccab9b655764a9",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {