diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 416af4ac..d56ef359 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "submodules/vrs"]
 	path = submodules/vrs
 	url = https://github.com/ga4gh/vrs.git
-	branch = 2.0-alpha
+	branch = 2.x
diff --git a/submodules/vrs b/submodules/vrs
index 0c9498d4..86067b81 160000
--- a/submodules/vrs
+++ b/submodules/vrs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0c9498d4eae1e868ac0b49b7e480fd6a3d67468c
+Subproject commit 86067b81f5c096bbf80b22040ec84eede8ac4138