diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index 8ed5e45bc..ceb7e7a8d 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ pistache_example_files = [
 threads_dep = dependency('threads')
 
 foreach example_name : pistache_example_files
-	executable('run'+example_name, example_name+'.cc', dependencies: [pistache_dep, threads_dep])
+	executable('run'+example_name, example_name+'.cc', dependencies: [pistache_dep, threads_dep, dependency('RapidJSON', fallback: ['rapidjson', 'rapidjson_dep'])])
 endforeach
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 04f549347..898b0b8b0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ deps_libpistache = [
 	date_dep
 ]
 
-if get_option('PISTACHE_USE_RAPIDJSON')
-	deps_libpistache += dependency('RapidJSON', fallback: ['rapidjson', 'rapidjson_dep'])
-endif
-
 # Support Brotli compressed Content-Encoding responses...
 if get_option('PISTACHE_USE_CONTENT_ENCODING_BROTLI')
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f9e52323c..0182613ab 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.1.20240626
+0.3.1.20240803