diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 446f455..4d50295 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ test_dev:
     - .install_libfprint_dev
   stage: test
   script:
+    # Work-around https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/7437
+    - dnf install -y --nogpgcheck python3-pip
+    - rpm -e meson
+    - pip install git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson
+    - hash -d meson
+
     - meson _build -Db_coverage=true
     - meson test -C _build --verbose --no-stdsplit --timeout-multiplier 3
     - ninja -C _build coverage