diff -up scikit-image-0.21.0/meson.build.version scikit-image-0.21.0/meson.build

--- scikit-image-0.21.0/meson.build.version	2023-06-01 20:12:41.000000000 -0600

+++ scikit-image-0.21.0/meson.build	2023-06-02 20:39:40.048765638 -0600

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(

   # Note that the git commit hash cannot be added dynamically here

   # That only happens when importing from a git repository.

   # See `skimage/__init__.py`

-  version: run_command('skimage/_build_utils/version.py', check: true).stdout().strip(),

+  version: run_command('python3', 'skimage/_build_utils/version.py', check: true).stdout().strip(),

   license: 'BSD-3',

   meson_version: '>= 0.63.0',

   default_options: [