diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ec90369ba8..343e8d257d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	url = ../../The-OpenROAD-Project/yosys.git
 [submodule "tools/OpenROAD"]
 	path = tools/OpenROAD
-	url = ../OpenROAD.git
+	url = https://github.com/mguthaus/OpenROAD.git 
 [submodule "tools/yosys-slang"]
 	path = tools/yosys-slang
 	url = https://github.com/povik/yosys-slang.git
diff --git a/tools/OpenROAD b/tools/OpenROAD
index 66bcec9def..a30da7fb8f 160000
--- a/tools/OpenROAD
+++ b/tools/OpenROAD
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 66bcec9def197b17066c121154d72ddf241e54fc
+Subproject commit a30da7fb8f94ec96bed7802b9f72f5811fd58597