diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a6ab0ac7..d72673ac 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "lib/i3ipcpp"]
 	path = lib/i3ipcpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/i3ipcpp
-	branch = v0.4.0
+	branch = v0.4.1
 [submodule "lib/xpp"]
 	path = lib/xpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/xpp
diff --git a/lib/i3ipcpp b/lib/i3ipcpp
index 76373ea3..0541b461 160000
--- a/lib/i3ipcpp
+++ b/lib/i3ipcpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 76373ea39774c1625a81a166f36065ba8e85d2d3
+Subproject commit 0541b461b4a02177103248e175c05978bd552a72