diff --git a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
index 7e3c238d92e7..a4b4fbec13a3 100755
--- a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$0")"/..
     fi
     # Add dependencies
     mkdir -p "$SOLDIR/deps/downloads/" 2>/dev/null || true
-    wget -O "$SOLDIR/deps/downloads/jsoncpp-1.8.4.tar.gz" https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.8.4.tar.gz
+    wget -O "$SOLDIR/deps/downloads/jsoncpp-1.9.2.tar.gz" https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.9.2.tar.gz
     mkdir -p "$REPO_ROOT/upload"
     tar --owner 0 --group 0 -czf "$REPO_ROOT/upload/solidity_$versionstring.tar.gz" -C "$TEMPDIR" "solidity_$versionstring"
     rm -r "$TEMPDIR"
diff --git a/scripts/release_ppa.sh b/scripts/release_ppa.sh
index fcf3a81025be..c716bac4c70e 100755
--- a/scripts/release_ppa.sh
+++ b/scripts/release_ppa.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ mv solidity solc
 
 # Fetch jsoncpp dependency
 mkdir -p ./solc/deps/downloads/ 2>/dev/null || true
-wget -O ./solc/deps/downloads/jsoncpp-1.8.4.tar.gz https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.8.4.tar.gz
+wget -O ./solc/deps/downloads/jsoncpp-1.9.2.tar.gz https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/1.9.2.tar.gz
 
 # Determine version
 cd solc