diff --git a/recipes/freetype/meson/conanfile.py b/recipes/freetype/meson/conanfile.py
index 470342ce2982c..29bc8ac788acf 100644
--- a/recipes/freetype/meson/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/freetype/meson/conanfile.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ def requirements(self):
             self.requires("brotli/1.1.0")
 
     def build_requirements(self):
-        self.tool_requires("meson/1.3.2")
+        self.tool_requires("meson/[>=1.2.3 <2]")
         if not self.conf.get("tools.gnu:pkg_config", default=False, check_type=str):
-            self.tool_requires("pkgconf/2.1.0")
+            self.tool_requires("pkgconf/[>=2.2 <3]")
 
     def source(self):
         get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)