diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 68d28c194..71fe4e4cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ variables:
   # This is done by running `ci-fairy generate-template` and possibly bumping
   # ".default_tag".
   FEDORA_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-82ad875db2dc'
-  UBUNTU_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-1218be1cbc9d'
-  DEBIAN_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-1218be1cbc9d'
+  UBUNTU_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-b674114b79c1'
+  DEBIAN_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-b674114b79c1'
   CENTOS_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-82ad875db2dc'
   ALPINE_TAG:  '2023-01-18.0-14c807942fa4'
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
index 446b6c3eb..c4219768a 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-install.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ dbus-uuidgen --ensure
 sed -i 's/^# \(pl_PL.UTF-8 .*\)$/\1/p' /etc/locale.gen || true
 locale-gen pl_PL.UTF-8
 
-pip3 install meson
+# Debian 12 and later requires --break-system-packages
+pip3 install meson || pip3 install --break-system-packages meson
 
 # iproute2 5.2.0 on debian:sid causes our unit tests to fail.
 # Downgrade to a working version. See https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg584916.html