diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 242d7cd..71f78e4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "waku-sys/vendor"]
 	path = waku-sys/vendor
-	url = https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku
+	url = https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku.git
+	branch = release/v0.37.0
diff --git a/waku-sys/vendor b/waku-sys/vendor
index 4117449..0baf273 160000
--- a/waku-sys/vendor
+++ b/waku-sys/vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4117449b9af6c0304a6115dd4bc0d1d745159685
+Subproject commit 0baf273a973f96f0f72955803fb942fd77e7ffd4