diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-shapely.yml b/.github/workflows/build-shapely.yml
index ea56a1237d95..be9773064ce6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-shapely.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-shapely.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE: ${{ env.BASEIMAGE }}_geos:${{ env.GEOS_VERSION }}
           CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: "pip; args: --no-build-isolation"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cython numpy setuptools wheel
+          # 2.2.0 switched the build backend from setuptools to meson-python (mesonpy);
+          # preinstalling the old setuptools/wheel pair leaves mesonpy missing and the
+          # build fails with "BackendUnavailable: Cannot import 'mesonpy'" (see
+          # build-beancount.yml/build-matscipy.yml for the same meson-python pattern).
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install cython numpy meson meson-python ninja
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.riseproject.dev/simple/
 
       - name: Check the wheel ships the GEOS licence and the compiled extensions
diff --git a/docs/packages/shapely.yaml b/docs/packages/shapely.yaml
index 5afaf567a446..da42bf645b1e 100644
--- a/docs/packages/shapely.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/shapely.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ versions:
   - filename: shapely-2.1.2-cp314-cp314t-manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: 3a04ef36a912c3b9fa4a6adec07adbd6e3b835f7e9651f893f1b014db4140eed
     requires-python: '>=3.10'
+- version: 2.2.0