diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc2932902..49ea6e373 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:v1"
+  ALPINE_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/alpine:v2"
   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 145e3194c..352c2c6f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:latest
+FROM alpine:3.19
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ 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