diff --git a/Formula/graphene.rb b/Formula/graphene.rb
index b5c8d8738f..2804315f67 100644
--- a/Formula/graphene.rb
+++ b/Formula/graphene.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 class Graphene < Formula
   desc "Thin layer of graphic data types"
   homepage "https://ebassi.github.io/graphene/"
-  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/graphene/1.6/graphene-1.6.2.tar.xz"
-  sha256 "8f7d1984c06aefe3b47a668c12ad9f3db0bcb2d09c55e6267b82a90f6b10d961"
-  revision 2
+  url "https://download.gnome.org/sources/graphene/1.8/graphene-1.8.0.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "7bbc8e2f183acb522e1d9fe256f5fb483ce42260bfeb3ae69320aeb649dd8d91"
 
   bottle do
     sha256 "376d06cf0f650494fafa2bcc8f781fec0d25a13a268b99512f7f1db597d814a0" => :high_sierra
@@ -13,16 +12,19 @@ class Graphene < Formula
 
   depends_on "gobject-introspection" => :build
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
+  depends_on "meson-internal" => :build
+  depends_on "ninja" => :build
+  depends_on "python" => :build
   depends_on "glib"
-  depends_on "python"
 
   def install
-    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
-                          "--disable-silent-rules",
-                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
-    system "make"
-    system "make", "check"
-    system "make", "install"
+    ENV.refurbish_args
+
+    mkdir "build" do
+      system "meson", "--prefix=#{prefix}", ".."
+      system "ninja"
+      system "ninja", "install"
+    end
   end
 
   test do