diff --git a/src/libstore/meson.build b/src/libstore/meson.build
index 2d7217513..d8927c3a6 100644
--- a/src/libstore/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore/meson.build
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ boost = dependency(
 deps_other += boost
 
 curl = dependency('libcurl', 'curl', version : '>= 7.75.0')
-if curl.version().version_compare('>=8.16.0 <8.17.0')
+if curl.version().version_compare('>=8.16.0') and curl.version().version_compare(
+  '<8.17.0',
+)
   # Out of precaution, avoid building with libcurl version that suffer from https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/19334.
   error(
     'curl @0@ has issues with write pausing, please use libcurl < 8.16 or >= 8.17, see https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/19334'.format(