diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index 4d0ec0fb61..6001ae4f4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ jobs:
             tar -zxpf bootstrap-trunk-x86_64-20230910.tar.gz -C /
             echo "export PATH="/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:$PATH"" >> .profile
             source .profile
-            pip install meson
+
             /opt/local/bin/pkgin -y install \
               avahi \
               db5 \
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ jobs:
               libevent \
               libgcrypt \
               talloc
+              pip3 install meson
           run: |
             meson setup build \
               -Dwith-bdb=/opt/local \