diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 517536b5b..a2e4a8a57 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ variables:
     REPO_URL_XORGPROTO:   'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/xorgproto.git'
     XORG_DEBIAN_VERSION:  'bullseye-slim'
     XORG_DEBIAN_EXEC:     'env FDO_CI_CONCURRENT=${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT} bash .gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh'
-    XORG_DEBIAN_TAG:      '2024-09-07-fix-anongit'
+    XORG_DEBIAN_TAG:      '2024-09-09-meson-backport'
     XORG_FREEBSD_VERSION: '14.0'
     XORG_FREEBSD_EXEC:    ''
     XORG_FREEBSD_TAG:     '2024-06-10.0'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
index bd3738a12..81cb4cb62 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EPHEMERAL="
 	xvfb
 	"
 
-# Add bullseye-backports for the newer linux-libc-dev package
+# Add bullseye-backports for the newer linux-libc-dev & meson packages
 echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt update
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ apt-get install -y \
 	libz-mingw-w64-dev \
 	linux-libc-dev/bullseye-backports \
 	mesa-common-dev \
-	meson \
+	meson/bullseye-backports \
 	mingw-w64-tools \
 	nettle-dev \
 	pkg-config \