diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 19f93ee8270..c68498fdbab 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -186,3 +186,4 @@
 [submodule "contrib/cyrus-sasl"]
 	path = contrib/cyrus-sasl
 	url = https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl
+	branch = cyrus-sasl-2.1
diff --git a/contrib/cyrus-sasl b/contrib/cyrus-sasl
index 6054630889f..9995bf9d8e1 160000
--- a/contrib/cyrus-sasl
+++ b/contrib/cyrus-sasl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6054630889fd1cd8d0659573d69badcee1e23a00
+Subproject commit 9995bf9d8e14f58934d9313ac64f13780d6dd3c9