diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 636912a..8c76ed4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 [submodule "lemmy-js-client"]
 	path = lemmy-js-client
 	url = https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-js-client
-	branch = main
+	branch = release/v0.17
 [submodule "lemmy-stats-crawler"]
 	path = lemmy-stats-crawler
 	url = https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-stats-crawler.git
diff --git a/lemmy-js-client b/lemmy-js-client
index 2477b17..2c1703e 160000
--- a/lemmy-js-client
+++ b/lemmy-js-client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2477b17a45c981cbe3dc4bde077cb08f426144f0
+Subproject commit 2c1703e3d542c42c791b1d3af7b8f3c9e482315c
diff --git a/update_submodules.sh b/update_submodules.sh
index 04aa83b..f1bbdf7 100755
--- a/update_submodules.sh
+++ b/update_submodules.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Note:
+# To update lemmy-js-client, first change its branch in your .gitmodules
+
 pushd ../joinlemmy-translations
 git fetch weblate
 git merge weblate/main