diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
index b5a6d9adb..98bd00ca8 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CCACHE_BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
 CCACHE_DIR="${CCACHE_BASEDIR}/_ccache"
 export CCACHE_BASEDIR CCACHE_DIR
 
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==1.2.3 packaging==23.2
+pip3 install --upgrade --user packaging==23.2
 
 PATH="$(cygpath "$USERPROFILE")/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 DIR="$(pwd)"