diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 005f9a4..2f7a9dc 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ dependencies:
     - sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main universe"
     - sudo apt-get update
     # ignore the error during the installation
-    - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y meson libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev || true
-    - sudo pip3 install -U meson
+    - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev || true
+    - sudo pip3 install meson
 
 test:
   override: