diff --git a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
index 0d49fb028537698fcf96d2af6b1901b3e1a83b0a..5a8cc234f5d4c0bde959d10e492798c16d67a6d4 100644
--- a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ JSONCPP_URL := https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/$(JSONCPP_
 
 PKGS += jsoncpp
 
-ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"jsoncpp >= 1.6.5"),)
+ifeq ($(call need_pkg,"jsoncpp >= 1.7.2"),)
 PKGS_FOUND += jsoncpp
 endif
 
diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
index 1037908198ad5d7a156a9914a23c0141f5e9fd33..7ca1531a98504665e214cb4919fd040dffdb6e7e 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(call need_pkg,"restinio >= v.0.5.1"),)
 DEPS_opendht += restinio
 endif
-ifneq ($(call need_pkg,"jsoncpp"),)
+ifneq ($(call need_pkg,"jsoncpp >= 1.7.2"),)
 DEPS_opendht += jsoncpp
 endif
 ifneq ($(call need_pkg,"gnutls >= 3.3.0"),)