diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 913ffd7b8..2df5a226c 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install_data(
   rename: '@0@-symbolic.svg'.format(application_id)
 )
 
-po_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po')
+po_dir = join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'po')
 
 desktop_conf = configuration_data()
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/libnautilus-extension/meson.build b/docs/reference/libnautilus-extension/meson.build
index 44e4484f5..32af79e69 100644
--- a/docs/reference/libnautilus-extension/meson.build
+++ b/docs/reference/libnautilus-extension/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_file(
 gnome.gtkdoc(
   'libnautilus-extension',
   main_xml: 'libnautilus-extension-docs.xml',
-  src_dir: join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'libnautilus-extension'),
+  src_dir: join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'libnautilus-extension'),
   dependencies: nautilus_extension,
   install: true,
   scan_args: [
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f8973e020..c60460d02 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project('nautilus', 'c',
   #  * Update GTK-based codes over src/gtk/gtk-code-generator.sh
   version: '43.alpha',
 
-  meson_version: '>= 0.49.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later'
 )
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4c171bd6d..fbd3c7735 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libnautilus_sources = [
   gnome.gdbus_codegen(
     'nautilus-freedesktop-generated',
     join_paths(
-      meson.source_root(), 'data', 'freedesktop-dbus-interfaces.xml'
+      meson.project_source_root(), 'data', 'freedesktop-dbus-interfaces.xml'
     ),
     interface_prefix: 'org.freedesktop',
     namespace: 'NautilusFreedesktop'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ libnautilus_sources = [
   gnome.gdbus_codegen(
     'nautilus-generated',
     join_paths(
-      meson.source_root(), 'data', 'dbus-interfaces.xml'
+      meson.project_source_root(), 'data', 'dbus-interfaces.xml'
     ),
     interface_prefix: 'org.gnome.Nautilus',
     namespace: 'NautilusDBus'
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ libnautilus_sources = [
   gnome.gdbus_codegen(
     'nautilus-generated2',
     join_paths(
-      meson.source_root(), 'data', 'dbus-interfaces2.xml'
+      meson.project_source_root(), 'data', 'dbus-interfaces2.xml'
     ),
     interface_prefix: 'org.gnome.Nautilus',
     namespace: 'NautilusDBus'
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ libnautilus_sources = [
   gnome.gdbus_codegen(
     'nautilus-shell-search-provider-generated',
     join_paths(
-      meson.source_root(), 'data', 'shell-search-provider-dbus-interfaces.xml'
+      meson.project_source_root(), 'data', 'shell-search-provider-dbus-interfaces.xml'
     ),
     interface_prefix: 'org.gnome',
     namespace: 'Nautilus'
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ if get_option('tests') == 'all'
     ],
     env: [
       'G_DEBUG=fatal-warnings',
-      'GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'data'))
+      'GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.project_build_root(), 'data'))
     ]
   )
 endif
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index deab2ffb8..07532fd2a 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # G_TEST_BUILDDIR and G_TEST_SRCDIR cannot be preset, since
 # the test sources are scattered.
 test_env = [
-  'GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.build_root(), 'data')),
+  'GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.project_build_root(), 'data')),
   'RUNNING_TESTS=@0@'.format('TRUE')
 ]