diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ce0e48f31..590c7717bc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ if ! $mkvenv ensure \
      $mkvenv_flags \
      --dir "${source_path}/python/wheels" \
      --diagnose "meson" \
-     "meson>=0.61.5" ;
+     "meson>=0.63.0" ;
 then
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4dddccb890..d85637edf1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('qemu', ['c'], meson_version: '>=0.61.3',
+project('qemu', ['c'], meson_version: '>=0.63.0',
         default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu11', 'cpp_std=gnu++11', 'b_colorout=auto',
                           'b_staticpic=false', 'stdsplit=false', 'optimization=2', 'b_pie=true'],
         version: files('VERSION'))
diff --git a/python/scripts/vendor.py b/python/scripts/vendor.py
index 23708430ea..34486a51f4 100755
--- a/python/scripts/vendor.py
+++ b/python/scripts/vendor.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     parser.parse_args()
 
     packages = {
-        "meson==0.61.5":
-        "58c2ddb5f885da0e929f15d89f38d8a7d97f981f56815bcba008414f8511f59a",
+        "meson==0.63.3":
+        "d677b809c4895dcbaac9bf6c43703fcb3609a4b24c6057c78f828590049cf43a",
     }
 
     vendor_dir = Path(__file__, "..", "..", "wheels").resolve()
diff --git a/python/wheels/meson-0.61.5-py3-none-any.whl b/python/wheels/meson-0.61.5-py3-none-any.whl
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/python/wheels/meson-0.63.3-py3-none-any.whl b/python/wheels/meson-0.63.3-py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
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