diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jwt-cpp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jwt-cpp/package.py
index e9c2f2a9cbb..fd8750879c7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jwt-cpp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jwt-cpp/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class JwtCpp(CMakePackage):
 
     license("MIT")
 
+    version("0.7.1", sha256="e52f247d5e62fac5da6191170998271a70ce27f747f2ce8fde9b09f96a5375a4")
     version("0.7.0", sha256="b9eb270e3ba8221e4b2bc38723c9a1cb4fa6c241a42908b9a334daff31137406")
     version("0.6.0", sha256="0227bd6e0356b211341075c7997c837f0b388c01379bd256aa525566a5553f03")
     version("0.5.2", sha256="d3188f9611597eb1bb285169879e1d87202bf10a08e4e7734c9f2097bfd4a850")
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class JwtCpp(CMakePackage):
         description="SSL library to use",
     )
 
-    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("c", type="build", when="@:0.7.0")
     depends_on("cxx", type="build")
 
     depends_on("openssl@1.0.2:", when="@0.4.0:0.4.99")