diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6abbc461d..68f6906b6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fedora-x86_64:
     CFLAGS: "-coverage -ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
   script:
     # FIXME: Cannot use MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS here because meson warns about gtkdoc
-    # feature introduced in 0.52 but we only depends on 0.49. So we cannot build
+    # feature fully functional in 0.54, but we only depend on 0.52. So we cannot build
     # with --fatal-meson-warnings.
     - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS_NO_WARNING}
             --werror
@@ -270,10 +270,7 @@ cross-android_api21_arm64:
     # FIXME: add --werror
     # We use -Diconv=auto to test that we successfully detect that iconv is not
     # provided by android api 21, and detect the external iconv instead.
-    # FIXME: Work around a bug in Meson 0.49 where --wrap-mode=nodownload also
-    # disables fallback subprojects, by passing --wrap-mode=default. Fixed in
-    # Meson commit 47b9c1a564756ac48a55da9a7c4d91787399c645
-    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_android_arm64_21.txt -Diconv=auto --wrap-mode=default _build
+    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_android_arm64_21.txt -Diconv=auto _build
     - ninja -C _build
 
 cross-android_api28_arm64:
@@ -281,10 +278,7 @@ cross-android_api28_arm64:
   image: $ANDROID_IMAGE
   script:
     # FIXME: add --werror
-    # FIXME: Work around a bug in Meson 0.49 where --wrap-mode=nodownload also
-    # disables fallback subprojects, by passing --wrap-mode=default. Fixed in
-    # Meson commit 47b9c1a564756ac48a55da9a7c4d91787399c645
-    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_android_arm64_28.txt --wrap-mode=default _build
+    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_android_arm64_28.txt _build
     - ninja -C _build
 
 cross-mingw64:
@@ -292,10 +286,7 @@ cross-mingw64:
   image: $MINGW_IMAGE
   script:
     # FIXME: Add --werror
-    # FIXME: Work around a bug in Meson 0.49 where --wrap-mode=nodownload also
-    # disables fallback subprojects, by passing --wrap-mode=default. Fixed in
-    # Meson commit 47b9c1a564756ac48a55da9a7c4d91787399c645
-    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_mingw64.txt --wrap-mode=default _build
+    - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS} --cross-file=/opt/cross_file_mingw64.txt _build
     - ninja -C _build
   artifacts:
     reports:
@@ -556,8 +547,9 @@ dist-job:
   only:
     - tags
   script:
-    # FIXME: Cannot use --fatal-meson-warnings here because meson warns about gtkdoc
-    # feature introduced in 0.52 but we only depends on 0.49.
+    # FIXME: Cannot use MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS here because meson warns about gtkdoc
+    # feature fully functional in 0.54, but we only depend on 0.52. So we cannot build
+    # with --fatal-meson-warnings.
     - meson ${MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS_NO_WARNING} --buildtype release -Dgtk_doc=true -Dman=true _build
     - cd _build
     - ninja dist