diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7b5e6b99df74..dab42c517d3e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 [submodule "src/sonic-utilities"]
 	path = src/sonic-utilities
 	url = https://github.com/Azure/sonic-utilities
+	branch = 202012
 [submodule "platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-arista"]
 	path = platform/broadcom/sonic-platform-modules-arista
 	url = https://github.com/aristanetworks/sonic
diff --git a/src/sonic-utilities b/src/sonic-utilities
index 09ebac5a7d9c..ec9e5ee37550 160000
--- a/src/sonic-utilities
+++ b/src/sonic-utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 09ebac5a7d9cdd753525fe726f44d23dac9985ce
+Subproject commit ec9e5ee3755068a62b48b6242776b754197a8660