diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b00af47a55..1be941091f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ endif
 # For these libs we provide fallback bundle
 argon2_dep = dependency('argon2', version: '>=1', fallback: ['argon2', 'argon2_dep'])
 ed25519_dep = dependency('ed25519', version: '>=0.1.0', fallback: ['ed25519', 'ed25519_dep'])
-libent_dep = dependency('libent', version: '>=0.1.3', fallback: ['libent', 'libent_dep'])
+libent_dep = dependency('libent', version: '>=0.2.1', fallback: ['libent', 'libent_dep'])
 libh2o_dep = dependency('libh2o', version: '>=0.13.3', fallback: ['libh2o', 'libh2o_dep'])
 libscrypt_dep = dependency('libscrypt', version: '>=0.1.21', fallback: ['libscrypt', 'libscrypt_dep'])
 libsni_dep = dependency('libsni', version: '>=0.5.0', fallback: ['libsni', 'libsni_dep'])
diff --git a/subprojects/libent b/subprojects/libent
index 6dddf328f1..fe9f8a8aad 160000
--- a/subprojects/libent
+++ b/subprojects/libent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6dddf328f17ac526b8caa943996436939db15d5f
+Subproject commit fe9f8a8aad6c4a6915ff8844850e64be4b4831a2