diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 97f6c16..94e9d86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export CFLAGS="-Werror -coverage"
           export PYTHONDEVMODE=1
-          poetry run pip install -e .
+          poetry run pip install --no-build-isolation -e .
           poetry run coverage run --branch -m pytest
           poetry run coverage xml -i
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         export CFLAGS="-Werror -coverage"
         export PYTHONDEVMODE=1
-        poetry run pip install -e .
+        poetry run pip install --no-build-isolation -e .
         poetry run coverage run --branch -m pytest
         poetry run coverage xml -i
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
           CFLAGS: "-DCAIRO_WIN32_STATIC_BUILD=1"
           PYTHONDEVMODE: 1
         run: |
-          poetry run pip install -e .
+          poetry run pip install --no-build-isolation -e .
           poetry run coverage run --branch -m pytest
           if (-not $?) { exit 1 }
           poetry run coverage xml -i
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export CFLAGS="-Werror -coverage"
           export PYTHONDEVMODE=1
-          poetry run pip install -e .
+          poetry run pip install --no-build-isolation -e .
           poetry run coverage run --branch -m pytest
           poetry run coverage xml -i
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3fb02e2..0034ce5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme = "^2.0.0"
 coverage = {extras = ["toml"], version = "^7.2.3"}
 sphinx-autobuild = "^2021.3.14"
 setuptools = "^69.0.3"
+meson-python = ">= 0.16.0"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 include = [
@@ -66,4 +67,4 @@ setup = ["-Dwheel=true", "-Dtests=false"]
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = 'mesonpy'
-requires = ['meson-python >= 0.12.1']
+requires = ['meson-python >= 0.16.0']