diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build-base.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build-base.sh
index 923c77ce314..67792383a83 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build-base.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_build-base.sh
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ apt-get install -y --no-remove \
 # Needed for ci-fairy, this revision is able to upload files to MinIO
 pip3 install git+http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates@ffe4d1b10aab7534489f0c4bbc4c5899df17d3f2
 
-# We need at least 0.61.4 for proper Rust
-pip3 install meson==0.61.5
+# We need at least 0.61.4 for proper Rust; 0.62 for modern meson env2mfile
+pip3 install meson==0.63.3
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh