diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ffd6081fa..d89ebb101 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ default:
       - 'api_failure'
 
 variables:
-  MUTTER_CI_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/mutter/fedora/40:x86_64-2024-02-23.0
+  MUTTER_CI_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/mutter/fedora/40:x86_64-2024-04-29.0
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: GNOME/gnome-shell
   BUNDLE: "extensions-git.flatpak"
   LINT_LOG: "eslint-report.xml"
diff --git a/js/misc/dependencies.js b/js/misc/dependencies.js
index d4837af04..f8f98d487 100644
--- a/js/misc/dependencies.js
+++ b/js/misc/dependencies.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import 'gi://Gdk?version=4.0';
 import 'gi://Gdm?version=1.0';
 import 'gi://Geoclue?version=2.0';
 import 'gi://Gio?version=2.0';
+import 'gi://GioUnix?version=2.0';
 import 'gi://GDesktopEnums?version=3.0';
 import 'gi://GdkPixbuf?version=2.0';
 import 'gi://GnomeBG?version=4.0';
diff --git a/js/misc/loginManager.js b/js/misc/loginManager.js
index fe3719244..1515fc9e3 100644
--- a/js/misc/loginManager.js
+++ b/js/misc/loginManager.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
+import GioUnix from 'gi://GioUnix';
 import * as Signals from './signals.js';
 
 import {loadInterfaceXML} from './fileUtils.js';
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ class LoginManagerSystemd extends Signals.EventEmitter {
             await this._proxy.call_with_unix_fd_list('Inhibit',
                 inVariant, 0, -1, null, cancellable);
         const [fd] = fdList.steal_fds();
-        return new Gio.UnixInputStream({fd});
+        return new GioUnix.InputStream({fd});
     }
 
     _prepareForSleep(proxy, sender, [aboutToSuspend]) {
diff --git a/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js b/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
index cb4a7c9bd..f6d5e1a3f 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/networkAgent.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import Clutter from 'gi://Clutter';
 import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
+import GioUnix from 'gi://GioUnix';
 import GLib from 'gi://GLib';
 import GObject from 'gi://GObject';
 import NM from 'gi://NM';
@@ -469,8 +470,8 @@ class VPNRequestHandler extends Signals.EventEmitter {
                     });
 
             this._childPid = pid;
-            this._stdin = new Gio.UnixOutputStream({fd: stdin, close_fd: true});
-            this._stdout = new Gio.UnixInputStream({fd: stdout, close_fd: true});
+            this._stdin = new GioUnix.OutputStream({fd: stdin, close_fd: true});
+            this._stdout = new GioUnix.InputStream({fd: stdout, close_fd: true});
             GLib.close(stderr);
             this._dataStdout = new Gio.DataInputStream({base_stream: this._stdout});
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e71d65559..3c28fbfc3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ libmutter_test_pc = 'libmutter-test-' + mutter_api_version
 ecal_req = '>= 3.33.1'
 eds_req = '>= 3.33.1'
 gcr_req = '>= 3.90.0'
-gio_req = '>= 2.56.0'
+gio_req = '>= 2.79.2'
 gi_req = '>= 1.49.1'
 gjs_req = '>= 1.73.1'
 gtk_req = '>= 4.0'