diff --git a/Formula/w/wayland-protocols.rb b/Formula/w/wayland-protocols.rb
index aea21e2ad294..d00bfe752766 100644
--- a/Formula/w/wayland-protocols.rb
+++ b/Formula/w/wayland-protocols.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class WaylandProtocols < Formula
   desc "Additional Wayland protocols"
   homepage "https://wayland.freedesktop.org"
-  url "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/releases/1.37/downloads/wayland-protocols-1.37.tar.xz"
-  sha256 "a70e9be924f2e8688e6824dceaf6188faacd5ae218dfac8d0a3d0976211ef326"
+  url "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/releases/1.38/downloads/wayland-protocols-1.38.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "ff17292c05159d2b20ce6cacfe42d7e31a28198fa1429a769b03af7c38581dbe"
   license "MIT"
 
   livecheck do
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ class WaylandProtocols < Formula
 
   depends_on "meson" => :build
   depends_on "ninja" => :build
-  depends_on "pkg-config" => :test
+  depends_on "pkg-config" => [:build, :test]
   depends_on :linux
+  depends_on "wayland"
 
   def install
     system "meson", "setup", "build", "-Dtests=false", *std_meson_args