diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4952a515..17b99d26 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ qtCommonDependencies = dependency('qt6',
                                              'Widgets',
                                              'Xml'],         # TBD: Not sure we need this any more
                                   include_type : 'system',
-                                  static : true)
+                                  static : false)
 # The Qt Gui module is only needed for the main program.  (We don't want the tests to try to load it or it could barf
 # in a GitHub action that does not have a display running.)
 qtMainExeDependencies = dependency('qt6', version : minVersionOfQt, modules: ['Gui'])
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ boostModules = []
 boostDependency = dependency('boost',
                              version : '>=1.79.0',
                              modules : boostModules,
-                             static : true)
+                             static : false)
 message('Boost:', boostDependency.name(), 'found =', boostDependency.found(), 'version =', boostDependency.version())
 
 #
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ endif
 xercesDependency = dependency('XercesC',
                               version : '>=3.2.2',
                               required : true,
-                              static : true)
+                              static : false)
 xercesLibPaths = xercesDependency.get_variable(cmake : 'PACKAGE_LIBRARIES')
 message('Xerces Library:', xercesDependency.name(), 'found =', xercesDependency.found(),
         'version =', xercesDependency.version(), 'path(s)=', xercesLibPaths)
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ sharedLibraryPaths += xercesLibPaths
 xalanDependency = dependency('XalanC',
                              version : '>=1.11.0',
                              required : true,
-                             static : true)
+                             static : false)
 xalanLibPaths = xalanDependency.get_variable(cmake : 'PACKAGE_LIBRARIES')
 message('Xalan Library:', xalanDependency.name(), 'found =', xalanDependency.found(),
         'version =', xalanDependency.version(), 'path(s)=', xalanLibPaths)
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ sharedLibraryPaths += xalanLibPaths
 openSslDependency = dependency('OpenSSL',
                                version : '>=3.0.2',
                                required : true,
-                               static : true)
+                               static : false)
 #openSslLibPaths = openSslDependency.get_variable(cmake : 'PACKAGE_LIBRARIES')
 message('OpenSSL Library:', openSslDependency.name(), 'found =', openSslDependency.found(),
         'version =', openSslDependency.version())