diff --git a/extra/cairo/build b/extra/cairo/build
index bb542798..0dec2207 100755
--- a/extra/cairo/build
+++ b/extra/cairo/build
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-# Disable building 'cairo-sphinx'.
-sed -e "s/\(BUILD_SPHINX_TRUE=\)/\1'#'/" \
-    -e "s/\(BUILD_SPHINX_FALSE=\)'#'/\1=/" \
-    configure > _
-mv -f _ configure
+export DESTDIR="$1"
 
-# Disable building tests and documentation.
-sed 's/boilerplate test perf//g;s/src doc/src/g' Makefile.in > _
-mv -f _ Makefile.in
+sed meson.build
 
-sh ./configure \
-    --prefix=/usr \
-    --disable-static \
-    --enable-tee \
-    --disable-xlib-xcb \
-    --disable-xcb \
-    --disable-xlib-xrender \
-    --disable-xlib \
-    --disable-trace \
-    --disable-valgrind \
-    --disable-gtk-doc-html
+meson setup \
+    -Dprefix=/usr \
+    -Dtee=enabled \
+    -Dxcb=disabled \
+    -Dxlib=disabled \
+    -Dxlib-xcb=disabled \
+    -Dtests=disabled \
+    . output
 
-make
-make DESTDIR="$1" install
+ninja -C output
+ninja -C output install
diff --git a/extra/cairo/checksums b/extra/cairo/checksums
index 3ba292aa..1d38b918 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/checksums
+++ b/extra/cairo/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-33e88a21de1fa52405f3952647b3bfd21d5d9d394e1abbc9ddb050a8ca09e35a74
+55b4b6406668e08dd6b816beba82c86df8e9a5468352c66597badb4f6583930e6a
diff --git a/extra/cairo/sources b/extra/cairo/sources
index e43c5aab..35ab0ad8 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/sources
+++ b/extra/cairo/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz
+https://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.18.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/cairo/version b/extra/cairo/version
index df10ebf3..f0fb559d 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/version
+++ b/extra/cairo/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.0 1
+1.18.0 1