diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index 70f240dd3..80572f818 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install dependencies
       run: sudo apt-get install pkg-config gcc ragel gcovr gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev python3 python3-setuptools ninja-build gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev
-    - name: install meson and fonttools
-      run: sudo pip3 install meson==0.53.0 fonttools
+    - run: sudo pip3 install fonttools
+    - run: sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson
     - name: run
       run: meson build -Db_coverage=true --auto-features=enabled -Dgraphite=enabled -Doptimization=2
     - name: ci