diff --git a/docs/reference/meson.build b/docs/reference/meson.build
index 842d3a68d9..1654463490 100644
--- a/docs/reference/meson.build
+++ b/docs/reference/meson.build
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ if get_option('gtk_doc')
     error('Building the GTK documentation requires Meson 0.52.0')
   endif
 
-  # Use gtk-doc as a sub-project if the version isn't new enough
-  dependency('gtk-doc', version: '>=1.32',
+  # Use gtk-doc as a sub-project from the gtk-doc-for-gtk4 branch
+  # for the time being
+  dependency('gtk-doc', version: '>=1.99',
     fallback: ['gtk-doc', 'dummy_dep'],
     default_options: ['tests=false'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gtk-doc.wrap b/subprojects/gtk-doc.wrap
index 7469d027b0..0b8d4412d0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gtk-doc.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/gtk-doc.wrap
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [wrap-git]
 directory=gtk-doc
 url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk-doc.git
-revision=master
+revision=gtk-doc-for-gtk4