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)"