diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d56ef35..cb39760 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+
 [submodule "submodules/vrs"]
 	path = submodules/vrs
 	url = https://github.com/ga4gh/vrs.git
-	branch = 2.x
diff --git a/submodules/vrs b/submodules/vrs
index c57ede1..e8b36cf 160000
--- a/submodules/vrs
+++ b/submodules/vrs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c57ede1f386f73b3c24c95aea93ebdb30052ace0
+Subproject commit e8b36cf36ddcebcba1a745ea73129edd503b1f9f