diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e740eae01..4446f4e4d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ cache:
     - _ccache/
 
 variables:
-  FEDORA_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/fedora:v23"
+  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:v17"
+  DEBIAN_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/debian-stable:v18"
   ALPINE_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/alpine:v0"
-  MINGW_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/mingw:v13"
+  MINGW_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/mingw:v14"
   MESON_TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER: 4
   G_MESSAGES_DEBUG: all
   MESON_COMMON_OPTIONS: "--buildtype debug --wrap-mode=nodownload --fatal-meson-warnings"
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ macos-x86_64:
     - source .venv/bin/activate
     - pip3 install meson==1.2.3
     - pip3 install ninja==1.11.1
+    - pip3 install packaging==23.2
   script:
     # FIXME: Use --wrap-mode=default so we download dependencies each time,
     # until the macOS runner is a VM where we can use a pre-made image which
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
index 027829bd3..a3b695073 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq -y \
     locales \
     ninja-build \
     python3 \
+    python3-packaging \
     python3-pip \
     python3-setuptools \
     python3-wheel \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
index 057db215f..9ca80f2d5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/fedora.Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ RUN dnf -y update \
     ninja-build \
     pcre2-devel \
     "python3-dbusmock >= 0.18.3-2" \
+    python3-packaging \
     python3-pip \
     python3-pygments \
     python3-wheel \
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
index f95171836..712b23abe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/mingw.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/fedora:v23
+FROM registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/fedora:v24
 
 USER root
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
index 2de8811ca..73f972a3c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msvc.bat
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for %%x in (%*) do (
 set args=%args:~1%
 
 :: FIXME: make warnings fatal
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==1.2.3  || goto :error
+pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==1.2.3 packaging==23.2  || goto :error
 meson setup %args% _build || goto :error
 python .gitlab-ci/check-missing-install-tag.py _build || goto :error
 meson compile -C _build || goto :error
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
index 3735b4c03..6ee6f124b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-msys2.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CCACHE_BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
 CCACHE_DIR="${CCACHE_BASEDIR}/_ccache"
 export CCACHE_BASEDIR CCACHE_DIR
 
-pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==1.2.3
+pip3 install --upgrade --user meson==1.2.3 packaging==23.2
 
 PATH="$(cygpath "$USERPROFILE")/.local/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 DIR="$(pwd)"
diff --git a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
index 02046108d..08f1ba973 100644
--- a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
+++ b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 # Author: David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com>
 
-import distutils.version
+import packaging.version
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ def version_cmp_key(key):
         v = str(key[0])
     else:
         v = "0"
-    return (distutils.version.LooseVersion(v), key[1])
+    return (packaging.version.Version(v), key[1])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0a51fae99..b968102b2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2381,7 +2381,7 @@ python = import('python').find_installation()
 python_name = 'python3'
 
 python_version = python.language_version()
-python_version_req = '>=3.5'
+python_version_req = '>=3.7'
 if not python_version.version_compare(python_version_req)
   error('Requires Python @0@, @1@ found.'.format(python_version_req, python_version))
 endif