diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 31083d53f6..99b531006d 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     # cpp-jwt
     add_library(cpp-jwt INTERFACE)
     target_include_directories(cpp-jwt INTERFACE ./cpp-jwt/include)
+    target_compile_definitions(cpp-jwt INTERFACE CPP_JWT_USE_VENDORED_NLOHMANN_JSON)
 endif()
 
 # lodepng
diff --git a/externals/cpp-jwt b/externals/cpp-jwt
index 6e27aa4c86..e12ef06218 160000
--- a/externals/cpp-jwt
+++ b/externals/cpp-jwt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6e27aa4c8671e183f11e327a2e1f556c64fdc4a9
+Subproject commit e12ef06218596b52d9b5d6e1639484866a8e7067