diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6757f493..fa986fc0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "lib/i3ipcpp"]
 	path = lib/i3ipcpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/i3ipcpp
-	branch = v0.6.0
+	branch = v0.6.1
 [submodule "lib/xpp"]
 	path = lib/xpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/xpp
diff --git a/lib/i3ipcpp b/lib/i3ipcpp
index 8d78ec8c..9882c038 160000
--- a/lib/i3ipcpp
+++ b/lib/i3ipcpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8d78ec8cb08f66874082a8d9166793e478682d97
+Subproject commit 9882c038746cff8e3d4979b557cc277e7f6b4416