diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
index da0118efec..cf106bfc89 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b27175ffa51a7e3c19784f2789e5ab0fb37034f3
+03e653d58b4e77d1a852861ea993f852703249e0
diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
index eeda9d8a0e..9eeda218fd 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) := 7b1209d02d69adaf93adc312f291997f3a98ba81
+REV(nova) := a6c96d2b52ff73e132045ddbe217e83c910c3cc0
 DIR(nova) := src/kernel/nova
 
 PATCHES   := $(wildcard $(REP_DIR)/patches/*.patch)