diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c84d573c8526..16cefffa605a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
             meson:p
             ninja:p
             pkgconf:p
-            python:p
+            python3.11:p
             rst2pdf:p
             rubberband:p
             shaderc:p
diff --git a/ci/build-msys2.sh b/ci/build-msys2.sh
index 6073836779c7..be3fc96dcf42 100755
--- a/ci/build-msys2.sh
+++ b/ci/build-msys2.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 if [ "$1" = "meson" ]; then
     meson setup build            \
+      --native-file=ci/msys2-meson.txt \
       -D cdda=enabled            \
       -D d3d-hwaccel=enabled     \
       -D d3d11=enabled           \
diff --git a/ci/msys2-meson.txt b/ci/msys2-meson.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..123131165e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/msys2-meson.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[binaries]
+python3 = 'python3.11'