diff --git a/lib/i3ipcpp b/lib/i3ipcpp
index a6aa7a19..d4e4786b 160000
--- a/lib/i3ipcpp
+++ b/lib/i3ipcpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a6aa7a19786bdf7b96a02900510b3b3c325c8bdf
+Subproject commit d4e4786be35b48d72dc7e59cf85ec34a90d129b5
diff --git a/src/adapters/net.cpp b/src/adapters/net.cpp
index 97d3b818..5d122005 100644
--- a/src/adapters/net.cpp
+++ b/src/adapters/net.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ namespace net {
     driver.cmd = ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO;
 
     memset(&request, 0, sizeof(request));
-    strncpy(request.ifr_name, m_interface.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ - 0);
+    
+    /*
+     * Only copy array size minus one bytes over to ensure there is a 
+     * terminating NUL byte (which is guaranteed by memset)
+     */
+    strncpy(request.ifr_name, m_interface.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ - 1);
 
     request.ifr_data = reinterpret_cast<caddr_t>(&driver);