diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f393ee96d..ed45e5b70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ endif()
 
 option(FORCE_OXENC_SUBMODULE "force using oxen-encoding submodule" OFF)
 if(NOT FORCE_OXENC_SUBMODULE)
-  pkg_check_modules(OXENC liboxenc>=1.0.1 IMPORTED_TARGET)
+  pkg_check_modules(OXENC liboxenc>=1.0.2 IMPORTED_TARGET)
 endif()
 
 if(OXENC_FOUND)
diff --git a/external/oxen-encoding b/external/oxen-encoding
index 077cbff7a..02ded69fa 160000
--- a/external/oxen-encoding
+++ b/external/oxen-encoding
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 077cbff7a38ce5c538d9653ffb119855151791c5
+Subproject commit 02ded69fa18640d1f2455f7a70c5d705d8895db3