diff --git a/colcon_meson/build.py b/colcon_meson/build.py
index 28edf65..6506b74 100644
--- a/colcon_meson/build.py
+++ b/colcon_meson/build.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
+import sys
 from typing import List
 
 # colcon
@@ -15,11 +16,21 @@
 from colcon_core.task import run
 from colcon_core.task import TaskExtensionPoint
 # meson
-from mesonbuild import coredata
 from mesonbuild.build import OptionKey
 from mesonbuild.mesonmain import CommandLineParser
 
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from importlib.metadata import version
+else:
+    from importlib_metadata import version
+
+if tuple(map(int, version("meson").split(".")[:3])) >= (1, 10, 0):
+    from mesonbuild import cmdline as meson_cmd
+else:
+    from mesonbuild import coredata as meson_cmd
+
+
 logger = colcon_logger.getChild(__name__)
 
 
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ def meson_parse_cmdline(self, cmdline: List[str]) -> Namespace:
             Namespace: parse args
         """
         args = self.parser_setup.parse_args(cmdline)
-        coredata.parse_cmd_line_options(args)
+        meson_cmd.parse_cmd_line_options(args)
         return args
 
     def meson_format_cmdline(self, cmdline: List[str]):
@@ -169,7 +180,7 @@ def meson_format_cmdline_file(self, builddir: str):
             dict: converted key-value pairs
         """
         args = self.meson_parse_cmdline([])
-        coredata.read_cmd_line_file(builddir, args)
+        meson_cmd.read_cmd_line_file(builddir, args)
         return format_args(args)
 
     async def build(self, *, additional_hooks=None, skip_hook_creation=False,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 79af9f9..fe34e33 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.6
 install_requires =
   colcon-core >= 0.10.0
   colcon-library-path
+  importlib-metadata; python_version < "3.8"
   meson >= 0.60.0
 packages = find:
 
diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
index 21762f3..972b30a 100644
--- a/stdeb.cfg
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [colcon-meson]
 No-Python2:
-Depends3: python3-colcon-core (>= 0.10.0), python3-colcon-library-path, meson (>= 0.60.0)
+Depends3: python3-colcon-core (>= 0.10.0), python3-colcon-library-path, python3 (>= 3.8) | python3-importlib-metadata, meson (>= 0.60.0)
 Suite: jammy noble bookworm trixie
 X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
 Upstream-Version-Suffix: +upstream
diff --git a/test/spell_check.words b/test/spell_check.words
index 0e4085a..d1bae14 100644
--- a/test/spell_check.words
+++ b/test/spell_check.words
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ configfile
 coredata
 defcfg
 holderify
+importlib
 initialise
 interpreterbase
 iterdir
diff --git a/test/test_spell_check.py b/test/test_spell_check.py
index 078fd63..cd8b570 100644
--- a/test/test_spell_check.py
+++ b/test/test_spell_check.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
 def known_words():
-    global spell_check_words_path
     return spell_check_words_path.read_text().splitlines()