diff --git a/projects/gnome.org/glib/package.yml b/projects/gnome.org/glib/package.yml
index 65f50bbf..645d0121 100644
--- a/projects/gnome.org/glib/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnome.org/glib/package.yml
@@ -20,41 +20,46 @@ dependencies:
 
 build:
   dependencies:
-    mesonbuild.com: ^0.63
+    mesonbuild.com: ^1.2
     ninja-build.org: 1
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: ^0.29
     python.org: '>=3.5<3.12'
-  script: |
-    meson out $ARGS
+  script:
+    # needs python packaging module
+    - run: |
+        python -m venv venv
+        source venv/bin/activate
+        python -m pip install packaging
+        deactivate
+        PYTHONPATH="$(pwd)/venv/lib/python{{deps.python.org.version.marketing}}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
 
-    cd out
-    ninja -v
-    ninja install
+    - meson out $ARGS
+    - cd out
 
-    GT='${prefix}/../../../gnu.org/gettext/v{{ deps.gnu.org/gettext.version.major }}'
+    - ninja install
 
-    cd {{prefix}}/lib/pkgconfig
+    - GT='${prefix}/../../../gnu.org/gettext/v{{ deps.gnu.org/gettext.version.major }}'
 
-    sed -i.bak -e \
-      's|Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0 -lintl|Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0'\ -L$GT/lib\ -lintl\| \
-      ./glib-2.0.pc
-    sed -i.bak -e \
-      's|Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include|Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include'\ -I$GT/include\| \
-      ./glib-2.0.pc
+    - run: |
+        sed -i -e \
+          's|Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0 -lintl|Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0'\ -L$GT/lib\ -lintl\| \
+          ./glib-2.0.pc
+        sed -i -e \
+          's|Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include|Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include'\ -I$GT/include\| \
+          ./glib-2.0.pc
+      working-directory: '{{prefix}}/lib/pkgconfig'
 
-    rm *.bak
+    - run: |
+        mv glib-{{version.major}}.0/* .
+        rmdir glib-{{version.major}}.0
+        ln -s . glib-{{version.major}}.0
 
-    cd ../../include
+        mv gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0/gio/* gio/
+        rmdir -p gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0/gio
+        ln -s . gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0
 
-    mv glib-{{version.major}}.0/* .
-    rmdir glib-{{version.major}}.0
-    ln -s . glib-{{version.major}}.0
-
-    mv gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0/gio/* gio/
-    rmdir -p gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0/gio
-    ln -s . gio-unix-{{version.major}}.0
-
-    ln -s ../lib/glib-{{version.major}}.0/include/* .
+        ln -s ../lib/glib-{{version.major}}.0/include/* .
+      working-directory: '{{prefix}}/include'
 
   #REF https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/d0e65698ccd502335bea68ce879ae02e1735db0d/Formula/glib.rb#L66-L67
   #FIXME hardcoded paths ^^