diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 42c4b587d4..e0bd7b30fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   build_and_test:
     env:
       BUF_VERSION: '0.56.0'
-      NIM_WAKU_VERSION: 'v0.8'
+      NIM_WAKU_VERSION: 'v0.9'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node: [16]
diff --git a/nim-waku b/nim-waku
index cf27190317..97f23cd5fa 160000
--- a/nim-waku
+++ b/nim-waku
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cf2719031765f8cad6a1b32c042c1f9393c24dd7
+Subproject commit 97f23cd5fa89220912819fc5868c5162d222e72e