diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-bindgen.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-bindgen.sh
index 7b81e0b2d79..709a9352b07 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-bindgen.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-bindgen.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 uncollapsed_section_start bindgen "Building bindgen"
 
-BINDGEN_VER=0.65.1
+BINDGEN_VER=0.71.1
 CBINDGEN_VER=0.26.0
 
 # bindgen
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
index 3fb19a3db2a..aaca93768bd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 
 rm -f /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
-# We need at least 1.4.0 for rusticl
-pip3 install 'meson==1.4.0'
+# We need at least 1.7.0 for proper rust binding generation
+pip3 install 'meson==1.7.0'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
index 4329cc8ed86..f332b39f362 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/image-tags.yml
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ include:
   - .gitlab-ci/conditional-build-image-tags.yml
 
 variables:
-  DEBIAN_BASE_TAG: "20250526-barermetal"
+  DEBIAN_BASE_TAG: "20250611-rust"
 
-  DEBIAN_BUILD_TAG: "20250515-aarch64"
+  DEBIAN_BUILD_TAG: "20250611-rust"
 
   DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG: "20250611-angle-c3"
   DEBIAN_TEST_GL_TAG: "20250611-piglit-a0a"
   DEBIAN_TEST_VIDEO_TAG: "20250609-helper"
   DEBIAN_TEST_VK_TAG: "20250611-piglit-a0a"
 
-  ALPINE_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250423-rootfs"
+  ALPINE_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250611-rust"
   ALPINE_X86_64_LAVA_SSH_TAG: "20250423-rootfs"
   ALPINE_X86_64_LAVA_TRIGGER_TAG: "20250610-eval"
 
-  FEDORA_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250423-rootfs"
+  FEDORA_X86_64_BUILD_TAG: "20250611-rust"
 
   KERNEL_TAG: "v6.14-mesa-0e36"
   KERNEL_REPO: "gfx-ci/linux"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7462bba29e7..209f3fdb9b9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -737,16 +737,9 @@ if with_gallium_rusticl
 endif
 
 if with_gallium_rusticl or with_nouveau_vk or with_tools.contains('etnaviv')
-  if with_gallium_rusticl
-    # uses rust.bindgen.output_inline_wrapper needing 1.4.0
-    if meson.version().version_compare('< 1.4.0')
-      error('Rusticl requires meson 1.4.0 or newer')
-    endif
-  else
-    # see https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/12758 (backported to 1.3.2)
-    if meson.version().version_compare('< 1.3.2')
-      error('Mesa Rust support requires meson 1.3.2 or newer')
-    endif
+  # rust.bindgen() does not pass `--rust-target` to bindgen until 1.7.0.
+  if meson.version().version_compare('< 1.7.0')
+    error('Mesa Rust support requires Meson 1.7.0 or newer')
   endif
 
   add_languages('rust', required: true)
@@ -757,15 +750,11 @@ if with_gallium_rusticl or with_nouveau_vk or with_tools.contains('etnaviv')
     error('Mesa requires Rust 1.78.0 or newer')
   endif
 
+  # bindgen 0.71 is the first version that knows about `editions`
   bindgen_version = find_program('bindgen').version()
-  if bindgen_version == 'unknown'
-    error('Failed to detect bindgen version. If you are using bindgen 0.69.0, ' +
-          'please either update to 0.69.1 or downgrade to 0.68.1. ' +
-          'You can install the latest version for your user with `cargo install bindgen-cli`.')
-  endif
-
-  if bindgen_version.version_compare('< 0.65')
-    error('Mesa requires bindgen 0.65 or newer. ' +
+  # unknown covers buggy 0.69.0, 0.71.0
+  if bindgen_version == 'unknown' or bindgen_version.version_compare('< 0.71.1')
+    error('Mesa requires bindgen 0.71.1 or newer. ' +
           'If your distribution does not ship a recent enough version, ' +
           'you can install the latest version for your user with `cargo install bindgen-cli`.')
   endif