diff --git a/srcpkgs/meson/template b/srcpkgs/meson/template
index 96947c6188d..19226d05c9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/meson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/meson/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'meson'
 pkgname=meson
 reverts="0.52.0_1 0.52.0_2"
-version=0.52.1
-revision=2
+version=0.53.1
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="mesonbuild"
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://mesonbuild.com"
 changelog="https://github.com/mesonbuild/$pkgname/blob/master/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-${version%.*}.0.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mesonbuild/$pkgname/releases/download/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=0c277472e49950a5537e3de3e60c57b80dbf425788470a1a8ed27446128fc035
+checksum=ec1ba33eea701baca2c1607dac458152dc8323364a51fdef6babda2623413b04
 
 do_check() {
 	# meson depends on trillion of things to perform actual tests
 	# see checkdepends=() on arch
-	# 3 tests still fails
-	./run_unittests.py
+	# 1 test still fails
+	( CC=gcc ./run_unittests.py )
 }
 
 post_install() {