diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
index 66d331925574..6bf8666b7ff4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py
@@ -570,9 +570,20 @@ def _setup_cmake_dir(self, cmake_file: str) -> Path:
         if cmake_cache.exists():
             cmake_cache.unlink()
         shutil.rmtree(cmake_files.as_posix(), ignore_errors=True)
-
         # Insert language parameters into the CMakeLists.txt and write new CMakeLists.txt
-        cmake_txt = importlib.resources.read_text('mesonbuild.dependencies.data', cmake_file, encoding = 'utf-8')
+        import sys
+
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+            cmake_txt = importlib.resources.files(
+                'mesonbuild.dependencies.data',
+            ).joinpath(cmake_file).read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+        else:
+            cmake_txt = importlib.resources.read_text( # [ignore encoding] it's on the next lines, Mr. Lint
+                # ('mesonbuild' / self.path.parent).as_posix().replace('/', '.'),
+                'mesonbuild.dependencies.data',
+                # self.path.name,
+                cmake_file,
+                encoding='utf-8')
 
         # In general, some Fortran CMake find_package() also require C language enabled,
         # even if nothing from C is directly used. An easy Fortran example that fails
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
index b9b17f854cde..21a012365239 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
@@ -113,8 +113,15 @@ def sanity(self) -> bool:
         # Sanity check, we expect to have something that at least quacks in tune
 
         import importlib.resources
+        import sys
+        if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+            ctx = importlib.resources.as_file(
+                importlib.resources.files('mesonbuild.scripts').joinpath('python_info.py')
+            )
+        else:
+            ctx = importlib.resources.path('mesonbuild.scripts', 'python_info.py')
 
-        with importlib.resources.path('mesonbuild.scripts', 'python_info.py') as f:
+        with ctx as f:
             cmd = self.get_command() + [str(f)]
             env = os.environ.copy()
             env['SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'] = 'stdlib'
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesondata.py b/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
index 50a88857172a..d1c1719713f4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesondata.py
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ def __init__(self, path: str) -> None:
 
     def write_once(self, path: Path) -> None:
         if not path.exists():
-            data = importlib.resources.read_text( # [ignore encoding] it's on the next lines, Mr. Lint
+            import sys
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+                data = importlib.resources.files(
+                    ('mesonbuild' / self.path.parent).as_posix().replace('/', '.')
+                ).joinpath(self.path.name).read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+            else:
+                data = importlib.resources.read_text( # [ignore encoding] it's on the next lines, Mr. Lint
                     ('mesonbuild' / self.path.parent).as_posix().replace('/', '.'),
                     self.path.name,
                     encoding='utf-8')
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
index 59b5050c07b8..c9b622c4fd3a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/python.py
@@ -398,7 +398,11 @@ def should_append(f, isdir: bool = False):
         import importlib.resources
         pycompile = os.path.join(self.interpreter.environment.get_scratch_dir(), 'pycompile.py')
         with open(pycompile, 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(importlib.resources.read_binary('mesonbuild.scripts', 'pycompile.py'))
+            import sys
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+                f.write(importlib.resources.files('mesonbuild.scripts').joinpath('pycompile.py').read_bytes())
+            else:
+                f.write(importlib.resources.read_binary('mesonbuild.scripts', 'pycompile.py'))
 
         for i in self.installations.values():
             if isinstance(i, PythonExternalProgram) and i.run_bytecompile[i.info['version']]: