diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/.gitrepo b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/.gitrepo
index 4c6c45e4210b..3173257aff9e 100644
--- a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/.gitrepo
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/.gitrepo
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [subrepo]
 	remote = https://github.com/AztecProtocol/barretenberg
 	branch = master
-	commit = 0e17d978a0cc6805b72646a8e36fd5267cbd6bcd
-	parent = 3aaf91e03fc01f0cb12249f22dbcb007023f69d4
+	commit = 297a20d7878a4aabab1cabf2cc5d2d67f9e969c5
+	parent = 1990f0dd00c82d7a95cb6e7d4b831014296fd2ea
 	method = merge
 	cmdver = 0.4.6
diff --git a/scripts/git_subrepo.sh b/scripts/git_subrepo.sh
index dd87b304408d..df9743a2bd5f 100755
--- a/scripts/git_subrepo.sh
+++ b/scripts/git_subrepo.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -e
+set -eu
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")