diff --git a/projects/cairo/Dockerfile b/projects/cairo/Dockerfile
index b53099fc1..ffe6979e7 100644
--- a/projects/cairo/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/cairo/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pip gtk-doc-tools libffi-dev autotools-dev libtool gperf
-RUN pip3 install -U meson==0.56.0 ninja
+RUN pip3 install -U meson==0.60.0 ninja
 
 RUN git clone --depth 1 git://git.sv.nongnu.org/freetype/freetype2.git
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib
diff --git a/projects/cairo/build.sh b/projects/cairo/build.sh
index f12053b51..0870d9740 100755
--- a/projects/cairo/build.sh
+++ b/projects/cairo/build.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ meson \
     -Db_lundef=false \
     -Doss_fuzz=enabled \
     -Dlibmount=disabled \
-    -Dinternal_pcre=true \
     _builddir
 ninja -C _builddir
 ninja -C _builddir install