diff --git a/releases.json b/releases.json
index 94ec7827c..cc8d20c6c 100644
--- a/releases.json
+++ b/releases.json
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@
       "netstring-c"
     ],
     "versions": [
+      "0.0.0-2",
       "0.0.0-1"
     ]
   },
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/netstring-c/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/netstring-c/meson.build
index feb31c334..6b5ebda09 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/netstring-c/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/netstring-c/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(
   'c',
   version: '0.0.0',
   license : 'Unlicense',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.55',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.40',
 )
 
 # libm (glibc)