diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6f58d14..e927ef9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 [submodule "multiverse.internals"]
 	path = multiverse.internals
 	url = https://github.com/r-multiverse/multiverse.internals
-	branch = 0.3.8
+	branch = 0.4.0
 [submodule "nanoarrow"]
 	path = nanoarrow
 	url = https://github.com/apache/arrow-nanoarrow
diff --git a/multiverse.internals b/multiverse.internals
index 4a70f0e..688903f 160000
--- a/multiverse.internals
+++ b/multiverse.internals
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4a70f0e02cdfe166058ad69a57fad008d1eb0a66
+Subproject commit 688903f37fa4c46329afd30e98c9c1b2d5c194d5