diff --git a/fuzzbuzz.yaml b/fuzzbuzz.yaml
index 6dfdd81237..5d61e4725d 100644
--- a/fuzzbuzz.yaml
+++ b/fuzzbuzz.yaml
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ setup:
 - sudo apt-get build-dep -y systemd
 - sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
 - sudo apt-get install -y libfdisk-dev libp11-kit-dev libssl-dev
-# FIXME: temporarily pin the meson version as 0.53 doesn't work with older
-# python 3.5
-# # See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6427
-#
-- pip3 install meson==0.52.1 ninja
+- pip3 install meson ninja
 - export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH"
 - CC=$FUZZ_CC CXX=$FUZZ_CXX meson -Dfuzzbuzz=true -Dfuzzbuzz-engine-dir=$(dirname "$FUZZ_ENGINE") -Dfuzzbuzz-engine=$(cut -d. -f1 <(basename "$FUZZ_ENGINE")) -Db_lundef=false ./build
 - ninja -v -C ./build fuzzers
diff --git a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
index 6884048d83..5e48a7e0c6 100755
--- a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
+++ b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ if [ -z "$FUZZING_ENGINE" ]; then
     fuzzflag="llvm-fuzz=true"
 fi
 
-# FIXME: temporarily pin the meson version as 0.53 doesn't work with older python 3.5
-# See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6427
-pip3 install meson==0.52.1
-
 meson $build -D$fuzzflag -Db_lundef=false
 ninja -v -C $build fuzzers
 
diff --git a/travis-ci/managers/fuzzbuzz.sh b/travis-ci/managers/fuzzbuzz.sh
index 21b736cb60..d6768f1de9 100755
--- a/travis-ci/managers/fuzzbuzz.sh
+++ b/travis-ci/managers/fuzzbuzz.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ sudo apt-get build-dep systemd -y
 sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build python3-pip python3-setuptools quota
 # The following should be dropped when debian packaging has been updated to include them
 sudo apt-get install -y libfdisk-dev libp11-kit-dev libssl-dev
-# FIXME: temporarily pin the meson version as 0.53 doesn't work with older python 3.5
-# See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6427
-pip3 install meson==0.52.1
+pip3 install meson
 
 cd $REPO_ROOT
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH"
diff --git a/travis-ci/managers/fuzzit.sh b/travis-ci/managers/fuzzit.sh
index 044d126e15..d442942d4a 100755
--- a/travis-ci/managers/fuzzit.sh
+++ b/travis-ci/managers/fuzzit.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ sudo apt-get build-dep systemd -y
 sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build python3-pip python3-setuptools
 # The following should be dropped when debian packaging has been updated to include them
 sudo apt-get install -y libfdisk-dev libp11-kit-dev libssl-dev
-# FIXME: temporarily pin the meson version as 0.53 doesn't work with older python 3.5
-# See: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6427
-pip3 install meson==0.52.1
+pip3 install meson
 
 cd $REPO_ROOT
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin/:$PATH"