diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 61dc8f2..ee8667e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ polkitpolicydir = polkit_gobject.get_pkgconfig_variable('policydir',
   define_variable: ['prefix', prefix])
 
 libglib_testing = subproject('libglib-testing')
-libglib_testing_dep = libglib_testing.get_variable('libglib_testing_dep')
+libglib_testing_dep = dependency(
+  'libglib-testing',
+  fallback: ['libglib-testing', 'libglib_testing_dep'],
+)
 
 config_h = configuration_data()
 config_h.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
diff --git a/subprojects/libglib-testing b/subprojects/libglib-testing
index a2ec203..412c706 160000
--- a/subprojects/libglib-testing
+++ b/subprojects/libglib-testing
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a2ec2038047588fe5fe722e5e27e9551c1c6d753
+Subproject commit 412c706b51ca04a9ca873bfa495e32c47f586c84