diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
index 400eca2697..8ee2b74ac8 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-02dc34a75b366aa0cb6a2fcfb935c816cfd050b4
+061565ecaea829f5a5ab48e39b4fae9148da7e4b
diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
index ba6a48ae01..2e0f1333a4 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) := 53ab024b691b2ac4ffdc62fac28ff17b0a508670
+REV(nova) := 172fe0dc1b6228fec20e220d2524f25b1016f6ab
 DIR(nova) := src/kernel/nova
 
 PATCHES   := $(wildcard $(REP_DIR)/patches/*.patch)