diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_build.sh
index 70bce5f9dfa..106677c3403 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_build.sh
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ arch=armhf
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-libclc.sh
 
-# We need at least 1.4.0 for rusticl
-pip3 install --break-system-packages 'meson==1.4.0'
+. .gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_build-base.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_build-base.sh
index 3fc891ef573..e41d3b3081d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_build-base.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_build-base.sh
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ apt-get install -y --no-remove "${DEPS[@]}" "${EPHEMERAL[@]}" \
 # Needed for ci-fairy, this revision is able to upload files to S3
 pip3 install --break-system-packages git+http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freedesktop/ci-templates@ffe4d1b10aab7534489f0c4bbc4c5899df17d3f2
 
-# We need at least 1.4.0 for rusticl
-pip3 install --break-system-packages 'meson==1.4.0'
+. .gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/fedora/x86_64_build.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/fedora/x86_64_build.sh
index d0ab414f904..00493c6d78b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/fedora/x86_64_build.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/fedora/x86_64_build.sh
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ tar -xvf $XORGMACROS_VERSION.tar.bz2 && rm $XORGMACROS_VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $XORGMACROS_VERSION; ./configure; make install; cd ..
 rm -rf $XORGMACROS_VERSION
 
-# We need at least 1.4.0 for rusticl
-pip install meson==1.4.0
+. .gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
 
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-mold.sh
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7add453fc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/install-meson.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# We need at least 1.4.0 for rusticl
+pip3 install --break-system-packages 'meson==1.4.0'