diff --git a/libs/jsoncpp/Makefile b/libs/jsoncpp/Makefile
index cfcaccc8b5..b20788a86c 100644
--- a/libs/jsoncpp/Makefile
+++ b/libs/jsoncpp/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=jsoncpp
 PKG_VERSION:=1.9.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/tar.gz/$(PKG_VERSION)?
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ endef
 
 MESON_ARGS += \
 	-Db_lto=true \
-	-Dtests=false
+	-Dtests=false \
+	-Dcpp_std=c++17
 
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections