diff --git a/packages/python/devel/meson/package.mk b/packages/python/devel/meson/package.mk
index db8e2efc17..6beffa20a0 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/meson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/devel/meson/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
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 PKG_NAME="meson"
-PKG_VERSION="0.42.1"
-PKG_SHA256="30bdded6fefc48211d30818d96dd34aae56ee86ce9710476f501bd7695469c4b"
+PKG_VERSION="0.44.0"
+PKG_SHA256="50f9b12b77272ef6ab064d26b7e06667f07fa9f931e6a20942bba2216ba4281b"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="Apache"
 PKG_SITE="http://mesonbuild.com"