diff --git a/.ci/install.sh b/.ci/install.sh
index 117d1822f..fd9ffae5e 100755
--- a/.ci/install.sh
+++ b/.ci/install.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ echo "pwd: $(pwd)"
 ls
 
 # toss submodules if there are any changes
-if [ "$(git status --ignore-submodules=dirty --porcelain)" ]; then
+# if [ "$(git status --ignore-submodules=dirty --porcelain)" ]; then
+# "--ignore-submodules=dirty", removed temporarily, as it did not notice as
+# expected that base was updated and kept using old cached base
+if [ "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
     # what changed?
     git status
     # purge and reinit submodules
diff --git a/base b/base
index 38ba3849b..b7d41fac1 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 38ba3849b84d99d7f0a28bd3762d132b0ef98e80
+Subproject commit b7d41fac1165b053a5110156f9d5543cbbf9338e