diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh b/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
index d2909c7257d35b0d..6146bee4d55ea348 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/setup-container.sh
@@ -187,17 +187,22 @@ cbuild_fixups() {
 	echo "Applying miscellaneous fixups"
 
 	local min_version
+	local pip3_options
 	local version
 
+	if [[ $FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION != 'bullseye' ]] ; then
+		pip3_options=--break-system-packages
+	fi
+
 	# Install meson from pip.
-	min_version=1.0.1
+	min_version=1.2.0
 	version=$(dpkg_version meson)
 	if dpkg_check_version $version $min_version ; then
 		echo "meson $version too old, installing $min_version from pip"
 
 		apt remove -y meson
 		apt install -y python3-pip
-		pip3 install meson==${min_version}
+		pip3 install ${pip3_options} meson==${min_version}
 	fi
 
 	# Install pygments from pip.
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ cbuild_fixups() {
 		echo "pygments $version too old, installing $min_version from pip"
 
 		apt install -y python3-pip
-		pip3 install pygments==${min_version}
+		pip3 install ${pip3_options} pygments==${min_version}
 	fi
 
 	# Create pybind11.pc manually if not provided by the distribution
diff --git a/gitlab-ci.yml b/gitlab-ci.yml
index 06ab27dc0af0d9df..2b37b7ed59d4fbd0 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ include:
 .libcamera-ci.debian:11:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'bullseye'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-11-05.1'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-12-15.1'
 
 .libcamera-ci.debian:12:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'bookworm'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-11-05.1'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-12-15.1'
 
 .libcamera-ci.debian:13:
   variables:
     FDO_DISTRIBUTION_VERSION: 'trixie'
-    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-11-05.1'
+    FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2024-12-15.1'
 
 .container-debian:
   extends:
@@ -406,10 +406,6 @@ test-unit:
       -D qcam=disabled
       -D test=true
       -D v4l2=true
-
-  # meson prior to 1.2.0 doesn't correctly escape non-printable characters
-  # when generating the testlog XML. This results in an unparseable file.
-  # Skip it for now.
-  # artifacts:
-  #   reports:
-  #     junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml