diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4c990675f..6abbc461d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ macos:
   needs: []
   before_script:
     - bash .gitlab-ci/show-execution-environment.sh
-    - pip3 install --user meson==0.49.2
+    - pip3 install --user meson==0.52.0
     - pip3 install --user ninja
     - export PATH=/Users/gitlabrunner/Library/Python/3.7/bin:$PATH
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/android-ndk.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/android-ndk.Dockerfile
index 8bcedfe62..0931ee203 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/android-ndk.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/android-ndk.Dockerfile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ RUN ./android-setup-env.sh arm64 21
 RUN ./android-setup-env.sh arm64 28
 RUN rm -rf $ANDROID_NDK_PATH
 
-RUN pip3 install meson==0.49.2
+RUN pip3 install meson==0.52.0
 
 ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
 ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
index 19621a749..224003ba0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ RUN locale-gen de_DE.UTF-8 \
 
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
-RUN pip3 install meson==0.49.2
+RUN pip3 install meson==0.52.0
 
 ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
 ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
index 6691c8618..293d91a5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ RUN dnf -y install \
 WORKDIR /opt
 COPY cross_file_mingw64.txt /opt
 
-RUN pip3 install meson==0.49.2
+RUN pip3 install meson==0.52.0
 
 ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
 ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
index 6cc6d80ca..aeb09664f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliar
 @echo on
 
 :: FIXME: make warnings fatal
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==0.49.2  || goto :error
+pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==0.52.0  || goto :error
 meson _build || goto :error
 ninja -C _build || goto :error
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
index 1950443d8..0d1815593 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CCACHE_BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
 CCACHE_DIR="${CCACHE_BASEDIR}/_ccache"
 export CCACHE_BASEDIR CCACHE_DIR
 
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==0.49.2
+pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==0.52.0
 
 PATH="$(cygpath "$USERPROFILE")/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 CFLAGS="-coverage -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a51f42f0a..dd5b20b9d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
   version : '2.71.0',
-  # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
-  meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
+  # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.52 because that's what Debian Stable ships
+  meson_version : '>= 0.52.0',
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'warning_level=1',