diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
index d973916107..8c72367107 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2d7d4d9f37444150bfe0b90b8f63f47b76940ff2
+79dfa0facd434fa14cc92d48d0474118e718139b
diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
index 4fc105f464..fbc7227964 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DOWNLOADS := nova.git
 
 # r9 branch - use r9_debug for more verbose kernel messages
 URL(nova) := https://github.com/alex-ab/NOVA.git
-REV(nova) := 84676254ad6d471cd7716d193e026ed47c517e41
+REV(nova) := 720fd5033a830d9425dbb33d8ced86d01353881b
 DIR(nova) := src/kernel/nova
 
 PATCHES   := $(sort $(wildcard $(REP_DIR)/patches/*.patch))