diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 203d63b..3c5a22d 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
     - 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 pip install -U meson
 
 test:
   override: