diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 11a84d8b..d79a05a7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "src/isal/isa-l"]
 	path = src/isal/isa-l
-	url = https://github.com/rhpvorderman/isa-l.git
+	url = https://github.com/intel/isa-l.git
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2ffabcb8..f68a9cdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Changelog
 .. This document is user facing. Please word the changes in such a way
 .. that users understand how the changes affect the new version.
 
+
+version develop
+-----------------
++ Use upstream ISA-L version 2.31.1 which includes patches to make 
+  installation possible.
+
 version 1.7.1
 -----------------
 + Fix a bug where flushing files when writing in threaded mode did not work
diff --git a/src/isal/isa-l b/src/isal/isa-l
index e3569fb7..28305ade 160000
--- a/src/isal/isa-l
+++ b/src/isal/isa-l
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e3569fb7224f071fe5ae510453f4451497385e44
+Subproject commit 28305ade9e07213a2c602697a6a3a1e1eed2acca