diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
index df828aff1d..400eca2697 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-001f770ae2ae32c6f43e295355021065f4a28ee5
+02dc34a75b366aa0cb6a2fcfb935c816cfd050b4
diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
index c583f08170..ba6a48ae01 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) := c852537f73209f9d9d4d2bec50e01d8fec76214e
+REV(nova) := 53ab024b691b2ac4ffdc62fac28ff17b0a508670
 DIR(nova) := src/kernel/nova
 
 PATCHES   := $(wildcard $(REP_DIR)/patches/*.patch)