diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ce64db..5f095fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /lv2-1.18.0.tar.bz2
 /lv2-1.18.2.tar.bz2
 /lv2-1.18.4.tar.bz2
+/lv2-1.18.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/lv2.spec b/lv2.spec
index 3543623..99920d2 100644
--- a/lv2.spec
+++ b/lv2.spec
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 %{!?_pkgdocdir: %global _pkgdocdir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
 
 Name:           lv2
-Version:        1.18.4
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.18.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Audio Plugin Standard
 
 # lv2specgen template.html is CC-AT-SA
 License:        ISC
 URL:            https://lv2plug.in
-Source:         https://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source:         https://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+BuildRequires:  asciidoc
+Buildrequires:  cairo-devel >= 1.8.10
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  graphviz
 BuildRequires:  libsndfile-devel
-BuildRequires:  gcc
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  meson
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(samplerate)
 BuildRequires:  python3-pygments
 Buildrequires:  python3-rdflib
 Buildrequires:  python3-markdown
 Buildrequires:  python3-lxml
-Buildrequires:  asciidoc
-Buildrequires:  cairo-devel >= 1.8.10
 
 # this package replaces lv2core 
 Provides:       lv2core = 6.0-4
@@ -75,56 +75,53 @@ Documentation for the LV2 plugin API.
 Summary:        Examples of the LV2 Audio Plugin Standard
 
 %description    example-plugins
-Example LV2 audio plugins
+Example plugins for the LV2 Audio Plugin Standard.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%autosetup -p1
 # Fix wrong interpreter in lv2specgen.py
 sed -i '1s|^#!.*|#!%{__python3}|' lv2specgen/lv2specgen.py
 
 %build
-%set_build_flags
-%{__python3} waf configure -vv --prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} \
-  --docs --docdir=%{_pkgdocdir} --lv2dir=%{_libdir}/lv2 --no-check-links
-%{__python3} waf -vv %{?_smp_mflags}
+%meson \
+  -D docs=enabled \
+  -D old_headers=false \
+  -D tests=disabled
+
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %{__python3} waf -vv install
-mv %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/%{name}/* %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
-find %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir} -type d -empty | xargs rmdir
-for f in COPYING NEWS README.md build/plugins/book.{txt,html} ; do
-    install -p -m0644 $f %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
-done
+%meson_install
+
+# Let RPM pick docs in the files section
+rm -fr %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
 %files
-# don't include doc files via %%doc here (bz 913540)
-%dir %{_pkgdocdir}
-%{_pkgdocdir}/COPYING
-%{_pkgdocdir}/NEWS
-%{_pkgdocdir}/README.md
+%license COPYING
+%doc NEWS README.md
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/
-
-%exclude %{_libdir}/%{name}/*/*.[ch]
 %exclude %{_libdir}/%{name}/eg-*
 
 %files devel
 %{_bindir}/lv2specgen.py
 %{_bindir}/lv2_validate
 %{_datadir}/lv2specgen
-%{_includedir}/%{name}.h
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/
-%{_libdir}/%{name}/*/*.[hc]
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
-
 %exclude %{_libdir}/%{name}/eg-*
 
 %files example-plugins
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/eg-*
 
 %files doc
-%{_pkgdocdir}/
+%doc %{_vpath_builddir}/doc/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 30 2022 Simone Caronni <negativo17@gmail.com> - 1.18.8-1
+- Update to 1.18.8, switch to Meson.
+- Update docs installation.
+- Drop gcc/python-devel build requirements.
+
 * Thu Jul 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.18.4-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4ad99d1..8604699 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lv2-1.18.4.tar.bz2) = 8095a1f3dcf70cf8cefff18c40b52c1dffeab0fe1f6bfb083c9f0e48a9617d3c8647b3f4db567ac1f5f33564399ffe1023774ad9bacb1bb0133f182422f22d6a
+SHA512 (lv2-1.18.8.tar.xz) = 9925290818bd683200bc738e3e9342b946fe82a04d983e89c240ae70b9053a7a59a8d505c522fe7af5b804adeba00fdf94403bd34844ce11e26cc1ff62c2f254