diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
index 41fbac70c..369ec3a1e 100644
--- a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
+++ b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2c8890618fa5f5db286c7efae4736c4aa6d5061f
+8be6c70775fb3a0b34a98364136852bff13ec9ed
diff --git a/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port b/repos/base-nova/ports/nova.port
index bf25c75f8..ee667bd71 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) := b18f4bfe08d70b1b642ecb7c6b6133706f856dbc
+REV(nova) := 8bcd6fc9bc0090583be91073a08b0f478d316a00
 DIR(nova) := src/kernel/nova
 
 PATCHES   := $(wildcard $(REP_DIR)/patches/*.patch)