diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ab79ccab656..fcf1e2f78c3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [submodule "external/Java.Interop"]
     path = external/Java.Interop
     url = https://github.com/xamarin/java.interop.git
-    branch = main
+    branch = release/8.0.1xx
 [submodule "external/lz4"]
     path = external/lz4
     url = https://github.com/lz4/lz4.git
diff --git a/external/Java.Interop b/external/Java.Interop
index bec0326a925..3c5cf34b0e3 160000
--- a/external/Java.Interop
+++ b/external/Java.Interop
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit bec0326a925ff888d96cb433f5049000a6d32a33
+Subproject commit 3c5cf34b0e3cc9427521530db9aa4b4abe39d20d