diff --git a/.ci/requirements.in b/.ci/requirements.in
index ae131bdcf..0e205be9f 100644
--- a/.ci/requirements.in
+++ b/.ci/requirements.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -r requirements-fonttools.in
-meson==1.5.2
+meson==1.6.1
 gcovr==5.0
 ninja
 setuptools # https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/4475
diff --git a/.ci/requirements.txt b/.ci/requirements.txt
index 8a1e23d20..307272927 100644
--- a/.ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/.ci/requirements.txt
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ markupsafe==2.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:fec21693218efe39aa7f8599346e90c705afa52c5b31ae019b2e57e8f6542bb2 \
     --hash=sha256:ffcc3f7c66b5f5b7931a5aa68fc9cecc51e685ef90282f4a82f0f5e9b704ad11
     # via jinja2
-meson==1.5.2 \
-    --hash=sha256:77706e2368a00d789c097632ccf4fc39251fba56d03e1e1b262559a3c7a08f5b \
-    --hash=sha256:f955e09ab0d71ef180ae85df65991d58ed8430323de7d77a37e11c9ea630910b
+meson==1.6.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:1eca49eb6c26d58bbee67fd3337d8ef557c0804e30a6d16bfdf269db997464de \
+    --hash=sha256:3f41f6b03df56bb76836cc33c94e1a404c3584d48b3259540794a60a21fad1f9
     # via -r requirements.in
 ninja==1.11.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:04d48d14ea7ba11951c156599ab526bdda575450797ff57c6fdf99b2554d09c7 \