diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c3cd945b1818..7076a352e506 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "sonic-swss-common"]
 	path = src/sonic-swss-common
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-swss-common
+	branch = 201811
 [submodule "sonic-linux-kernel"]
 	path = src/sonic-linux-kernel
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-linux-kernel
diff --git a/src/sonic-swss-common b/src/sonic-swss-common
index e8caaead527d..594f4e8a8f51 160000
--- a/src/sonic-swss-common
+++ b/src/sonic-swss-common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e8caaead527d46d42e41e99b884f41c57f70018b
+Subproject commit 594f4e8a8f518f0d835942e3508dd82763f45d4d