diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57ca902..5d47692 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -632,6 +632,5 @@ revision = origin/master
 ```
 Then simply fetch the dependency and it is ready to be used:
 ```meson
-ssp_sub = subproject('ssp')
-ssp_dep = ssp_sub.get_variable('ssp_dep')
+ssp_dep = dependency('ssp')
 ```
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b1624e1..bf6970f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-project('ssp', 'cpp', 
+project(
+  'ssp', 
+  ['cpp'], 
   default_options : 
-  ['warning_level=3', 
-    'cpp_std=c++17', 
-    'buildtype=debugoptimized'])
+    ['warning_level=3', 
+      'cpp_std=c++17', 
+      'buildtype=debugoptimized',
+      'wrap_mode=forcefallback'],
+  version: '1.3.0',
+  meson_version:'>=0.54.0')
 
-fast_float_sub = subproject('fast_float')
-fast_float_dep = fast_float_sub.get_variable('fast_float_dep')
+fast_float_dep = dependency('fast_float')
 
 ssp_dep = declare_dependency(
   include_directories: include_directories('include'),
   dependencies: fast_float_dep
   )
 
+meson.override_dependency('ssp', ssp_dep)
+
 if not meson.is_subproject()
   subdir('test')
 endif
+
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index e2d33b1..ddfc5d4 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ test_sources = files([
       'test_extractions_without_fast_float.cpp',
       ])
 
-doctest_proj = subproject('doctest')
-doctest_dep = doctest_proj.get_variable('doctest_dep')
+doctest_dep = dependency('doctest')
 
 test_exe = executable(
   'test_ssp',