diff --git a/Dockerfile.dropshell-build b/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
index 36ce469..0c8246e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
+++ b/Dockerfile.dropshell-build
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RUN curl -LO https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz &&
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
 # Build jsoncpp statically with musl
-ARG JSONCPP_VERSION=1.9.5
+ARG JSONCPP_VERSION=1.9.6
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN curl -LO https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/refs/tags/${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
     tar xzf ${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ RUN curl -LO https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/refs/tags/${
     make install && \
     cd / && rm -rf /tmp/jsoncpp-${JSONCPP_VERSION} /tmp/${JSONCPP_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
+RUN ls /usr/local/jsoncpp/include/json/version.h
 
 #ARG DROGON_VERSION=1.9.5
 RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git /tmp/drogon && \
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/drogonframework/drogon.git
       -DOPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS=TRUE \
       -DCARES_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/cares/include \
       -DCARES_LIBRARY=/usr/local/cares/lib/libcares.a \
-      -DJSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/local/jsoncpp/include/jsoncpp \
+      -DJSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/local/jsoncpp/include \
       -DJSONCPP_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/jsoncpp/lib/libjsoncpp.a \
       &&\
     make -j$(nproc) && \