diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 24b1068ec..b0e6cff04 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 [submodule "third-party/fmt"]
 	path = third-party/fmt
 	url = https://github.com/transmission/fmt.git
+	branch = 9-x-y
 [submodule "third-party/fast_float"]
 	path = third-party/fast_float
 	url = https://github.com/transmission/fast_float
diff --git a/third-party/fmt b/third-party/fmt
index b6f4ceaed..c4ee72653 160000
--- a/third-party/fmt
+++ b/third-party/fmt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b6f4ceaed0a0a24ccf575fab6c56dd50ccf6f1a9
+Subproject commit c4ee726532178e556d923372f29163bd206d7732