diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index 4b6f22d39ce8a6..d76eed06f6a606 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
index 3d22047f4f15ad..94042d17dba1eb 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
index 653aa78ece3ee4..e60ca0b7dbb7d7 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
   - cython>=0.29.33
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
index caea416e6a85d5..74f9d3c529eca7 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - meson>=1.2.1
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
index 78b13edd47d6d5..ecf4e25daf8e08 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
index 289184e8dac5b6..fcbf4914e47e84 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
index d46b98c77fd87b..70282f0a421ff6 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-311-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-311-arm64.yaml
index 1ebdc36b51865a..d391d6ddbfdb23 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-311-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-311-arm64.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 9ba33052fb2566..4ffb4b18676122 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - versioneer
   - cython~=3.0.5
   - meson>=1.2.1
-  - meson-python>=0.13.1
+  - meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 
   # test dependencies
   - pytest>=7.3.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1417814da008fd..9b3544c2c208be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
 # See https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/12940 for the AIX issue.
 requires = [
-    "meson-python>=0.13.1",
+    "meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0",
     "meson>=1.2.1",
     "wheel",
     "Cython~=3.0.5",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e6c9f631a66839..67efe84d1ec6c9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pip
 versioneer[toml]
 cython~=3.0.5
 meson[ninja]>=1.2.1
-meson-python>=0.13.1
+meson-python>=0.13.1, <0.16.0
 pytest>=7.3.2
 pytest-cov
 pytest-xdist>=3.4.0