diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 58c4d8526d4..87d9a04f101 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 [submodule "plugins/Xpressive/exprtk"]
 	path = plugins/Xpressive/exprtk
 	url = https://github.com/ArashPartow/exprtk
+	branch = release
 [submodule "plugins/LadspaEffect/swh/ladspa"]
 	path = plugins/LadspaEffect/swh/ladspa
 	url = https://github.com/swh/ladspa
diff --git a/plugins/Xpressive/exprtk b/plugins/Xpressive/exprtk
index f46bffcd696..a4b17d543f0 160000
--- a/plugins/Xpressive/exprtk
+++ b/plugins/Xpressive/exprtk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f46bffcd6966d38a09023fb37ba9335214c9b959
+Subproject commit a4b17d543f072d2e3ba564e4bc5c3a0d2b05c338