diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8b8ae8bb..e58c436c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # project definition
 #
 project('spice', 'c',
-        version : run_command('build-aux/git-version-gen', '${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/.tarball-version', check : true).stdout().strip(),
+        version : run_command('build-aux/git-version-gen', meson.source_root() + '/.tarball-version', check : true).stdout().strip(),
         license : 'LGPLv2.1',
         meson_version : '>= 0.48')

diff --git a/server/meson.build b/server/meson.build
index 34d8eef1..988ccab2 100644
--- a/server/meson.build
+++ b/server/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ version_info = meson.project_version().split('.')
 major = '@0@'.format(version_info[0])
 minor = '@0@'.format(version_info[1])
 micro = version_info[2].to_int()
-if not version_info[3].contains('git')
+if not version_info.contains('git')
   micro += 1
 endif
 micro = '@0@'.format(micro)