diff --git a/travis/install_deps.sh b/travis/install_deps.sh
index 5194748e7..326e1ab2b 100755
--- a/travis/install_deps.sh
+++ b/travis/install_deps.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ esac
 
 sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install -qq python3-pip ${PACKAGES}
-sudo pip3 install meson
+sudo pip3 install meson==0.43.0
 
 # Ninja
 cd $HOME