diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
index 81e7dc5..be58708 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 LAYERDEPENDS_xfce-layer += "meta-python"
 LAYERDEPENDS_xfce-layer += "networking-layer"
 
-LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_xfce-layer = "honister"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_xfce-layer = "kirkstone"
 
 SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += "\
   openzone->gdk-pixbuf \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/files/0001-Fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/files/0001-Fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..617d175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/files/0001-Fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d463b7e9abbbc87ec0e25216a24d9a40d347f1a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:59:02 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with meson >= 0.61
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/schnitzeltony/xfce4-datetime-setter/pull/3]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ panels/datetime/meson.build | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/panels/datetime/meson.build b/panels/datetime/meson.build
+index 241e177..4356907 100644
+--- a/panels/datetime/meson.build
++++ b/panels/datetime/meson.build
+@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ desktop_in = configure_file(
+ )
+ 
+ i18n.merge_file(
+-  desktop,
+   type: 'desktop',
+   input: desktop_in,
+   output: 'xfce-datetime.desktop',
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
index 4ae83ce..9d68ad2 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/schnitzeltony/xfce4-datetime-setter.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
            file://fix-inner-dependency.patch \
+           file://0001-Fix-build-with-meson-0.61.patch \
 "
 SRCREV = "5c7a73a3824b03b91719e05e2604b97c7a72d50f"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.1.bb
index a8ede83..2c6c742 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.1.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d96946ae5af6bf078dda415419e0021909f763ee0020b42f3e26f603e51585f6"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-vendor-info=${DISTRO}"
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-vala"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[gladeui2] = "--enable-gladeui2,--disable-gladeui2,glade"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4util/libxfce4util_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4util/libxfce4util_4.16.0.bb
index 1a0b718..9462b28 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4util/libxfce4util_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4util/libxfce4util_4.16.0.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=252890d9eee26aab7b432e8b8a616475"
 DEPENDS = "intltool-native xfce4-dev-tools-native glib-2.0"
 
-inherit xfce gtk-doc gobject-introspection
+inherit xfce gtk-doc gobject-introspection vala
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "60598d745d1fc81ff5ad3cecc3a8d1b85990dd22023e7743f55abd87d8b55b83"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
index c9e6540..02038b0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
     file://0002-use-lxdm-to-replace-dm-tool.patch \
 "
 
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-vala"
+
 python populate_packages:prepend() {
     plugin_dir = d.expand('${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/')
     plugin_name = d.expand('${PN}-plugin-%s')
-    do_split_packages(d, plugin_dir, '^lib(.*).so$', plugin_name,
+    do_split_packages(d, plugin_dir, r'^lib(.*)\.so$', plugin_name,
                       '${PN} plugin for %s', extra_depends='', prepend=True,
                       aux_files_pattern=['${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/%s.desktop',
                                          '${sysconfdir}/xdg/xfce/panel/%s-*',
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
index 5214b2e..0bbef84 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
 DEPENDS = "libxfce4util perl intltool-native xfce4-dev-tools-native"
 
-inherit xfce gtk-doc gobject-introspection bash-completion
+inherit xfce gtk-doc gobject-introspection bash-completion vala
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "PERL=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/usr/bin/perl"