Can be removed when Upstream publishes a new release.
  https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/03fa1ffb1b26733f109ae10ac67c8432f48ec320

--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-01 09:44:50 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dev = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 # Should be a copy of the build dependencies below.
 dev = [
-    "meson-python>=0.13.1,<0.17.0",
+    "meson-python>=0.13.1,!=0.17.*",
     "pybind11>=2.13.2,!=2.13.3",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
     # Not required by us but setuptools_scm without a version, cso _if_
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "mesonpy"
 # Also keep in sync with optional dependencies above.
 requires = [
-    "meson-python>=0.13.1,<0.17.0",
+    "meson-python>=0.13.1,!=0.17.*",
     "pybind11>=2.13.2,!=2.13.3",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
 ]