diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 1d2bc5ffbde824d1963993a5b69647dc10ccb5ff..dbb6ca7e3f47ecb19bbcf4433773756fe6c3b164 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 6491b6ae
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 39f693f3
 GaudiVersion = v28r2.001