diff --git a/containers/nova/Dockerfile b/containers/nova/Dockerfile
index 052a635a7..64e3a19b1 100644
--- a/containers/nova/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/nova/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FROM quay.io/airshipit/nova:${OPENSTACK_VERSION}-ubuntu_noble AS build
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 
 # renovate: name=openstack/nova repo=https://github.com/rackerlabs/nova.git branch=understack/2026.1
-ARG NOVA_GIT_REF=1602d7db7a3fe4930668f8a6534782adf4fbe572
+ARG NOVA_GIT_REF=9c3949b98a11c356832abd8b29072a2d447cfca1
 ADD --keep-git-dir=true https://github.com/rackerlabs/nova.git#${NOVA_GIT_REF} /src/nova
 RUN git -C /src/nova fetch --unshallow --tags