diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c7c780e..2a7b6b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  ALPINE_VERSION: 3.24.3
+  ALPINE_VERSION: 3.24.4
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9bb64a1..504ea06 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "src/aports"]
 	path = src/aports
-	url = https://github.com/alpinelinux/aports.git
+	url = https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports.git
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a413486..aa0377d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ALPINE_VERSION ?= 3.24.3
+ALPINE_VERSION ?= 3.24.4
 REPO_VERSION ?= $(shell echo "$(ALPINE_VERSION)" | sed -E 's/^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/v\1/')
 GIT_TAG ?= $(shell echo "v$(ALPINE_VERSION)" | sed 's/^vedge$$/origin\/master/')
 BUILD_ID ?= $(shell git describe --tags)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8de0ecb..4077c33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ Only `x86_64` and `aarch64` have been tested but other architectures can also be
 
 ## Building and testing
 
-Note that this repo includes the [Alpine aports](https://github.com/alpinelinux/aports.git) repository as a submodule. If you didn't specify the `--recursive` option when cloning this repo, then you need to initialize the submodule by running:
+Note that this repo includes the [Alpine aports](https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports) repository as a submodule. If you didn't specify the `--recursive` option when cloning this repo, then you need to initialize the submodule by running:
 
 ```
 git submodule update --init
 ```
 
-The examples show the default values for `ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3 EDITION=std`, `ARCH` defaults to the OS architecture `uname -m`.
+The examples show the default values for `ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.4 EDITION=std`, `ARCH` defaults to the OS architecture `uname -m`.
 The options need to be specified only to select non-default setting.
 
 ### Build the builder
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The options need to be specified only to select non-default setting.
 The ISO builder will be created inside a docker image. You can specify the Alpine version used to create it:
 
 ```
-make mkimage ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3
+make mkimage ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.4
 ```
 
 ### Build the ISO
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ make mkimage ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3
 This docker image can then be used to create ISO images that will be stored under `./iso`:
 
 ```
-make iso ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3 EDITION=std
+make iso ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.4 EDITION=std
 ```
 
 ### Run the ISO with qemu
 
 ```
-make run ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3 EDITION=std
+make run ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.4 EDITION=std
 ```
 
 ### Run the ISO with Lima
 
 ```
-make lima ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.3 EDITION=std
+make lima ALPINE_VERSION=3.24.4 EDITION=std
 ```
diff --git a/src/aports b/src/aports
index ee92350..105b835 160000
--- a/src/aports
+++ b/src/aports
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee92350c8a4509152dc91c693814215a884c07c3
+Subproject commit 105b835acd9971b9770fb61f5a1ddcc133c180dc