diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4446f4e4d..dc2932902 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ variables:
   FEDORA_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/fedora:v24"
   COVERITY_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/coverity:v7"
   DEBIAN_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/debian-stable:v18"
-  ALPINE_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/alpine:v0"
+  ALPINE_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/alpine:v1"
   MINGW_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/mingw:v14"
   MESON_TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER: 4
   G_MESSAGES_DEBUG: all
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile
index be9ecfa70..145e3194c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     libxslt \
     meson \
     musl-locales \
+    py3-pip \
     python3 \
     pcre2-dev \
     shared-mime-info \
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 MUSL_LOCPATH=/usr/share/i18n/locales/musl
 
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages meson==1.2.3
+
 ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
 ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
 RUN adduser -D -u $HOST_USER_ID -s /bin/bash user