diff --git a/contrib/eggbitset/meson.build b/contrib/eggbitset/meson.build
index 0b5fd036..82cd8a40 100644
--- a/contrib/eggbitset/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/eggbitset/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libeggbitset_sources = [
 ]
 
 libeggbitset_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+  gio_dep,
 ]
 
 libeggbitset_static = static_library('eggbitset', libeggbitset_sources,
diff --git a/contrib/linereader/meson.build b/contrib/linereader/meson.build
index 9055b71e..ef78c3ae 100644
--- a/contrib/linereader/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/linereader/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 liblinereader_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+  gio_dep,
 ]
 
 liblinereader_static_dep = declare_dependency(
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f41bc27c..ac03c744 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-project('sysprof', ['c', 'cpp'],
-          license: ['GPL3+', 'GPL2+'],
+project('sysprof', 'c', 'cpp',
+          license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later',
           version: '45.alpha',
-    meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
+    meson_version: '>=0.62.0',
   default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu17',
                      'cpp_std=gnu++17',
                      'warning_level=2',
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ need_glib = (need_gtk or
              get_option('examples') or
              get_option('sysprofd') != 'none' or
              get_option('tools') or
-	     get_option('tests'))
+             get_option('tests'))
 need_libsysprof = (need_gtk or
                    get_option('libsysprof') or
                    get_option('examples') or
@@ -60,18 +60,20 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
 glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req_version, required: need_glib)
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version, required: need_glib)
+gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version, required: host_machine.system() != 'windows')
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk4', version: gtk_req_version, required: need_gtk)
 libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', required: false)
 
 config_h = configuration_data()
 config_h.set_quoted('SYMBOLIC_VERSION', symbolic_version)
-config_h.set_quoted('API_VERSION_S', '@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version))
+config_h.set_quoted('API_VERSION_S', libsysprof_api_version.to_string())
 config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME', 'sysprof')
 config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_STRING', 'sysprof-' + meson.project_version())
 config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT', 'https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof/-/issues/new')
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIBEXECDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir')))
-config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIBDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libdir')))
+config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIBEXECDIR', get_option('libexecdir'))
+config_h.set_quoted('PACKAGE_LIBDIR', get_option('libdir'))
 config_h.set('PACKAGE_TARNAME', 'PACKAGE_STRING')
 config_h.set('PACKAGE', 'PACKAGE_NAME')
 config_h.set('VERSION', 'PACKAGE_VERSION')
@@ -120,9 +122,7 @@ if get_option('libunwind')
 endif
 
 # Development build setup
-if get_option('development')
-  config_h.set10('DEVELOPMENT_BUILD', true)
-endif
+config_h.set10('DEVELOPMENT_BUILD', get_option('development'))
 
 has_use_clockid = cc.has_member('struct perf_event_attr',
                                 'use_clockid',
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ has_clockid = cc.has_member('struct perf_event_attr',
 config_h.set('HAVE_PERF_CLOCKID', has_use_clockid and has_clockid)
 
 # For config.h
-add_project_arguments(['-I'+meson.current_build_dir()], language: 'c')
+add_project_arguments('-I' + meson.current_build_dir(), language: 'c')
 
 global_c_args = [
   '-DSYSPROF_COMPILATION',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d36570ad..970022f2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # If this is a development build, which is used for our Flatpak build
 # so that we have a different app-id (.Devel suffix) than the regular
 # application.
-option('development', type: 'boolean', value: 'false')
+option('development', type: 'boolean', value: false)
 
 # Optionally disable the GTK application in case you're building the
 # sysprof-cli only for your platform. Might be useful in IoT or various
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index aa75b636..828b8ed2 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 install_static = not meson.is_subproject() and get_option('install-static')
 
-libsysprof_capture_headers = files([
+libsysprof_capture_headers = files(
   'sysprof-address.h',
   'sysprof-clock.h',
   'sysprof-capture-condition.h',
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ libsysprof_capture_headers = files([
   'sysprof-platform.h',
   'sysprof-capture.h',
   'sysprof-version-macros.h',
-])
+)
 
 if not meson.is_subproject()
   install_headers(libsysprof_capture_headers, subdir: sysprof_header_subdir)
 endif
 
-mapped_ring_buffer_sources = files([
+mapped_ring_buffer_sources = files(
   'mapped-ring-buffer.c',
-])
+)
 
-libsysprof_capture_sources = files([
+libsysprof_capture_sources = files(
   'sysprof-address.c',
   'sysprof-capture-condition.c',
   'sysprof-capture-cursor.c',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ libsysprof_capture_sources = files([
   'sysprof-collector.c',
   'sysprof-clock.c',
   'sysprof-platform.c',
-])
+)
 
 configure_file(
           input: 'sysprof-version.h.in',
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ libsysprof_capture = static_library(
 
            dependencies: libsysprof_capture_deps,
                  c_args: [ '-DSYSPROF_CAPTURE_COMPILATION' ],
-            install_dir: get_option('libdir'),
                 install: install_static,
   gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
                     pic: true,
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ if install_static
                  libsysprof_capture,
         subdirs: [ sysprof_header_subdir ],
     description: 'The static capture library for tools that generate profiling capture data',
-    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'),
       variables: [ 'datadir=' + datadir_for_pc_file ],
     libraries_private: libsysprof_capture_deps,
   )
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/tests/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/tests/meson.build
index d5d7ddb0..db0a3681 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/tests/meson.build
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ libsysprof_capture_testsuite = {
 }
 
 libsysprof_capture_testsuite_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0'),
+  gio_dep,
   libsysprof_capture_dep,
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index e7855fa8..1c3ed34a 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -171,10 +171,8 @@ libsysprof_resources = gnome.compile_resources('libsysprof-resources', 'libsyspr
 )
 
 libsysprof_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-unix-2.0',
-     version: glib_req_version,
-    required: host_machine.system() != 'windows'),
+  gio_dep,
+  gio_unix_dep,
   dependency('libdex-1', version: dex_req_version),
   dependency('json-glib-1.0'),
 
@@ -225,7 +223,6 @@ meson.override_dependency('sysprof-@0@'.format(soname_major_version), libsysprof
 pkgconfig.generate(libsysprof,
             subdirs: [sysprof_header_subdir],
         description: 'A library for recording and analyzing system performance',
-        install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pkgconfig'),
            requires: ['gio-2.0'],
           variables: ['datadir=' + datadir_for_pc_file],
 )
diff --git a/src/preload/meson.build b/src/preload/meson.build
index 9c39af50..602bb531 100644
--- a/src/preload/meson.build
+++ b/src/preload/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libdl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
+libdl_dep = dependency('dl', required: false)
 
 preload_deps = [
   dependency('glib-2.0'),
@@ -15,19 +15,16 @@ libsysprof_memory_preload = shared_library('sysprof-memory-@0@'.format(libsyspro
   ['sysprof-memory-collector.c'],
   dependencies: preload_deps,
        install: true,
-   install_dir: get_option('libdir'),
 )
 
 libsysprof_speedtrack_preload = shared_library('sysprof-speedtrack-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
   ['sysprof-speedtrack-collector.c'],
   dependencies: preload_deps,
        install: true,
-   install_dir: get_option('libdir'),
 )
 
 libsysprof_tracer_preload = shared_library('sysprof-tracer-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
   ['sysprof-tracer-collector.c'],
   dependencies: preload_deps,
        install: true,
-   install_dir: get_option('libdir'),
 )
diff --git a/src/sysprof-agent/meson.build b/src/sysprof-agent/meson.build
index 7713abce..d85b828f 100644
--- a/src/sysprof-agent/meson.build
+++ b/src/sysprof-agent/meson.build
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ sysprof_agent_deps = [
 sysprof_agent = executable('sysprof-agent', sysprof_agent_sources,
   dependencies: sysprof_agent_deps,
         c_args: release_flags + sysprof_agent_c_args,
-   install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
        install: true,
 )
 
-install_data(['org.gnome.Sysprof.Agent.xml'],
+install_data('org.gnome.Sysprof.Agent.xml',
   install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'dbus-1/interfaces'),
 )
diff --git a/src/sysprof-cli/meson.build b/src/sysprof-cli/meson.build
index 4bf0acc6..a6ea83e1 100644
--- a/src/sysprof-cli/meson.build
+++ b/src/sysprof-cli/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ sysprof_cli_deps = [
 sysprof_cli = executable('sysprof-cli', sysprof_cli_sources,
   dependencies: sysprof_cli_deps,
         c_args: release_flags + sysprof_cli_c_args,
-   install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
        install: true,
 )
diff --git a/src/sysprof/meson.build b/src/sysprof/meson.build
index 6a246d9e..0c64bb76 100644
--- a/src/sysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/sysprof/meson.build
@@ -84,6 +84,5 @@ sysprof_deps = [
 
 sysprof = executable('sysprof', sysprof_resources + sysprof_sources,
   dependencies: sysprof_deps,
-   install_dir: get_option('bindir'),
        install: true,
 )
diff --git a/src/sysprofd/meson.build b/src/sysprofd/meson.build
index 456d7a9a..7aea6631 100644
--- a/src/sysprofd/meson.build
+++ b/src/sysprofd/meson.build
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ sysprofd_sources = [
   ipc_service_src,
 ]
 
-pkglibexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'))
+pkglibexecdir = get_option('libexecdir')
 
 sysprofd_deps = [
-  dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+  glib_dep,
+  gio_dep,
+  gio_unix_dep,
   polkit_dep,
 
   libsysprof_capture_dep,
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ i18n.merge_file(
   install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'polkit-1/actions'),
 )
 
-install_data([
-    'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Profiler.xml',
-    'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Service.xml',
-  ],
+install_data(
+  'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Profiler.xml',
+  'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Service.xml',
   install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'dbus-1/interfaces'),
 )