diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 6f42503951..1d0484cc52 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ option('midi', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled')
 # Controls whether to make a "stripped" pygame install. Enabling this disables
 # the bundling of docs/examples/tests/stubs in the wheels.
 # The default behaviour is to bundle all of these.
-option('stripped', type: 'boolean', value: 'false')
+option('stripped', type: 'boolean', value: false)
 
 # Controls whether to compile with -Werror (or its msvc equivalent). The default
 # behaviour is to not do this by default
-option('error_on_warns', type: 'boolean', value: 'false')
+option('error_on_warns', type: 'boolean', value: false)
 
 # Controls whether to error on build if generated docs are missing. Defaults to
 # false.
-option('error_docs_missing', type: 'boolean', value: 'false')
+option('error_docs_missing', type: 'boolean', value: false)
 
 # Controls whether to do a coverage build.
 # This argument must be used together with the editable install.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 95e5ba0664..a0a8602fd9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ pygame_ce = 'pygame.__briefcase.pygame_ce:PygameCEGuiBootstrap'
 [build-system]
 requires = [
   "meson-python<=0.18.0",
-  "meson<=1.9.1",
+  "meson<=1.10.0",
   "ninja<=1.13.0",
-  "cython<=3.1.4",
+  "cython<=3.2.4",
   "sphinx<=8.2.3",
   "astroid<4.0.0",
   "sphinx-autoapi<=3.6.0",