diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index eb47d8e..e37a6d2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "external/netcipher"]
 	path = external/netcipher
 	url = https://github.com/guardianproject/NetCipher.git
+	branch = master
diff --git a/external/netcipher b/external/netcipher
index ba9d136..7f09f5b 160000
--- a/external/netcipher
+++ b/external/netcipher
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ba9d13676669f7ef32df43a023a4d4a33385e013
+Subproject commit 7f09f5b8a6b7155ba60a7299cb46ee3df92945fe