diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua b/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
index db57317d..f2daeeea 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local uv = vim.loop
 
 local M = {}
 M.dirty = false
-M.VERSION = "1"
+M.VERSION = "1" .. jit.version
 
 ---@class LazyCacheConfig
 M.config = {
diff --git a/lua/lazy/init.lua b/lua/lazy/init.lua
index ff9f51bf..bfb475e3 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/init.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function M.setup(spec, opts)
   if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.8.0") ~= 1 then
     return vim.notify("lazy.nvim requires Neovim >= 0.8.0", vim.log.levels.ERROR, { title = "lazy.nvim" })
   end
-  if not pcall(require, "ffi") then
+  if not (pcall(require, "ffi") and jit and jit.version) then
     return vim.notify("lazy.nvim requires Neovim built with LuaJIT", vim.log.levels.ERROR, { title = "lazy.nvim" })
   end
   local start = vim.loop.hrtime()