diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b8890f1..503d58b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
-project(spoa VERSION 4.1.2
+project(spoa VERSION 4.1.3
              LANGUAGES CXX
              DESCRIPTION "Spoa is a c++ library (and tool) for SIMD vectorized partial order alignment.")
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 58c3648..8daf7b5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'spoa',
   ['cpp'],
-  version : '4.1.2',
+  version : '4.1.3',
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=release',
     'warning_level=3',
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if get_option('cereal')
   spoa_lib_deps += spoa_cereal_dep
 endif
 
-if (not meson.is_subproject())
+if (not meson.is_subproject()) and (get_option('exe') or get_option('tests'))
   # biosoup
   spoa_biosoup_dep = dependency('biosoup', version : '>= 0.11.0', fallback : ['biosoup', 'biosoup_dep'])