diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9ee7ccc1..34382d88 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 	path = qtserialbus
 	url = ../qtserialbus.git
 	branch = dev
-	status = ignore
+	status = additionalLibrary
 [submodule "qtserialport"]
 	depends = qtbase
 	path = qtserialport
diff --git a/qtserialbus b/qtserialbus
index a44ad051..ac853f1f 160000
--- a/qtserialbus
+++ b/qtserialbus
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a44ad0513f3a022f245d47ee513f1103fd06c2b2
+Subproject commit ac853f1fd0b73619925224955b3064f51fbdb923