diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2d3bbd2e..e1f41fb6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     ASCII code range characters. 5-14 times faster.
   * Improved String#{==, eql?} performance when  the length of the string does
     not match. 15 times faster.
+  * Fixed a bug in MatchData where it causes a crash due to an assertion when
+    calls a method with uninitialized MatchData object.
 
 = RubyMotion 1.30 =
 
diff --git a/vm b/vm
index dbf5cc44..88fff6c7 160000
--- a/vm
+++ b/vm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dbf5cc44c2060729dfa72941011db0c8d3df977c
+Subproject commit 88fff6c72f06e7416781804059398fab752f97ac