diff --git a/setup/_tools.json b/setup/_tools.json
index bf79b5b88..823c6f509 100644
--- a/setup/_tools.json
+++ b/setup/_tools.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "openroad": {
     "git-url": "https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD.git",
-    "git-commit": "23172499b64953b23c8dbb479372f08c70414304",
+    "git-commit": "2b53980f485386f16101dd0b0930632cb28bdd83",
     "docker-cmds": [
       "# Remove OR-Tools files",
       "RUN rm -f $SC_PREFIX/Makefile $SC_PREFIX/README.md",