diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f5cf5e21..9acb468a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [submodule "lib/i3ipcpp"]
 	path = lib/i3ipcpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/i3ipcpp
-	branch = v0.6.2
+	branch = v0.7.0
 [submodule "lib/xpp"]
 	path = lib/xpp
 	url = https://github.com/jaagr/xpp
-	branch = 1.3.6
+	branch = 1.4.0
diff --git a/lib/i3ipcpp b/lib/i3ipcpp
index 8ed78310..d54efb9b 160000
--- a/lib/i3ipcpp
+++ b/lib/i3ipcpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8ed783100bbc8053fd7d8e19cef58cd097ff23f7
+Subproject commit d54efb9b76bd0abeb7ac99db7e2d95909306e899
diff --git a/lib/xpp b/lib/xpp
index 61f42bbc..c73db50f 160000
--- a/lib/xpp
+++ b/lib/xpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 61f42bbca835b3cf9968de42fd46ffe404b73dca
+Subproject commit c73db50f3020b7abe294631b25a2d302fcd9e1cb