diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7f630b214..43c16389c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 [submodule "external/cecil"]
 	path = external/cecil
 	url = https://github.com/mono/cecil.git
+	branch = cycle9
diff --git a/external/cecil b/external/cecil
index 172c907cd..2b39856e8 160000
--- a/external/cecil
+++ b/external/cecil
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 172c907cd79a2e3e48df95f3f7425d46593274cb
+Subproject commit 2b39856e80d8513f70bc3241ed05325b0de679ae