diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.sh b/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
index 986e30c595..113af704a8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ $CC --version
 meson --version
 ninja --version
 
-# TODO: drop once minimum meson version is bumped to 0.62 or newer
-find . -type f -name meson.build -exec sed -i 's/install_emptydir(\(.*\), install_tag : .*)/install_emptydir(\1)/g' '{}' '+'
-
 for args in "${ARGS[@]}"; do
     SECONDS=0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
index 94ecdc6072..168bcc55c3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ function info() {
 }
 
 function run_meson() {
-    # TODO: drop once minimum meson version is bumped to 0.62 or newer
-    find . -type f -name meson.build -exec sed -i 's/install_emptydir(\(.*\), install_tag : .*)/install_emptydir(\1)/g' '{}' '+'
     if ! meson "$@"; then
         find . -type f -name meson-log.txt -exec cat '{}' +
         return 1
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9b019396c8..9f5c48b67f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         python-pefile (optional, required for ukify)
         python-lxml (optional, required to build the indices)
         pyelftools (optional, required for systemd-boot)
-        meson >= 0.60.0
+        meson >= 0.62.0
         ninja
         gcc >= 8.4
             >= 13.1.0 is required to build BPF program by using GCC
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1cdce6a868..7077e1a8cc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ project('systemd', 'c',
                 'localstatedir=/var',
                 'warning_level=2',
         ],
-        meson_version : '>= 0.60.0',
-       )
+        meson_version : '>= 0.62.0',
+)
 
 project_major_version = meson.project_version().split('.')[0].split('~')[0]
 if meson.project_version().contains('.')