diff --git a/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml b/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
index 284f47bd..21bf1d63 100644
--- a/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
+++ b/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ script:
   - cp -r "$SOURCE_DIR/../lang" "$SOURCE_DIR/../icons" "$SOURCE_DIR"/../*.py "$TARGET_APPDIR/usr/src"
   - cp "$SOURCE_DIR/pickaxe.png" "$TARGET_APPDIR/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/io.github.devilxd.twitchdropsminer.png"
 
+  # Create a virtual environment and install up-to-date versions of meson and ninja.
+  - python3 -m venv env && source ./env/bin/activate && python3 -m pip install meson ninja
   # Install requirements.
   - python3 -m pip install --ignore-installed --prefix=/usr --root="$TARGET_APPDIR" -r "$SOURCE_DIR/../requirements.txt" certifi
   # Generate byte-code files beforehand, for slightly faster app startup.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c743877a..4d0730e0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 aiohttp>=3.9,<4.0
 Pillow
 pystray
-PyGObject<3.47; sys_platform == "linux" # required for better system tray support on Linux
+PyGObject; sys_platform == "linux"  # required for better system tray support on Linux
 
 # environment-dependent dependencies
 pywin32; sys_platform == "win32"