diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 64be4b37..f82c7517 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config_h = configure_file(output: 'config.h', configuration: header_conf)
 nk_options = [
     'bindings=true',
     'xdg-theme=true',
-    'git-root=@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.source_root(), '.git')),
+    'git-work-tree=@0@'.format(meson.source_root()),
 ]
 nk = subproject('libnkutils', default_options: nk_options)
 nk_subproject_options = nk.get_variable('nk_options')
diff --git a/subprojects/libnkutils b/subprojects/libnkutils
index d10bf447..cb016e57 160000
--- a/subprojects/libnkutils
+++ b/subprojects/libnkutils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d10bf44787e80f3df5132637b934ec75dc347a1b
+Subproject commit cb016e5706ac0e4b4cd0857fee2bef315bf18497