diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5c7d323a8..e585d0175 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	path = vendor/nim-libp2p
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p.git
 	ignore = untracked
-	branch = unstable
+	branch = nimbus
 [submodule "vendor/nimbus-build-system"]
 	path = vendor/nimbus-build-system
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-build-system.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-libp2p b/vendor/nim-libp2p
index f80ce3133..1b8a7d271 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-libp2p
+++ b/vendor/nim-libp2p
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f80ce3133c1d75b3d18d1d1766a58121d8999abd
+Subproject commit 1b8a7d271359418d6fe72bbe2976b66ab370df9b